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Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.\nAbout the Role:\n Wing is looking for a Senior StaffSensor Architect to join our Hardware Engineering Team. This role is Hybrid based in Palo Alto, CA. \nAs aSenior Staff Sensor Architect, you will be a pivotal technical leader within our Hardware Engineering organization. This is a highly critical role partnering with the overall hardware team and perception team on the development and design of our future-generation delivery aircraft. Because sensors are the eyes and ears of our autonomous fleet, the decisions you make will define the efficiency, quality, performance, and scalability of Wing's future systems.\nYou will act as the central authority leading our sensors roadmap, sensor architecture, driving the vision from early concept through mass production. Candidates should have a breadth of experience across sensors from visual, radar, acoustic, optical, and other sensors to make a high impact on our future aircraft designs.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nLead the end-to-end architectural definition and technical roadmap for Wing’s sensor systems across both aircraft and ground operations.\nLead cross-functional trade studies across hardware, software, and manufacturing teams, translating ambiguous product goals into rigorous system-level requirements.\nEvaluate, select, and integrate sensor components by navigating extreme SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost) constraints. \nDevelop comprehensive mathematical performance models, error budgets, and link budgets to guide hardware board design and software algorithm development.\nArchitect characterization, calibration, and validation protocols to guarantee robust sensor performance across highly diverse and punishing environmental conditions.\nCollaborate intimately with manufacturing and contract partners to design scalable, automated calibration and high-volume QA test systems.\nIdentify, prototype, and champion emerging sensor technologies to keep Wing at the bleeding edge of autonomous flight.\nManage deep technical relationships and drive customized component designs with external sensor partners, Tier 1 suppliers, and foundries.\nWhat You’ll Need:\n15+ years of deeply technical experience in sensor architecture, hardware systems engineering, or complex sensor integration.\nA track record of taking complex hardware or sensor subsystems from early R&D through high-volume commercial manufacturing.\nExperience in RF technologies, such as UWB, LTE, wifi, ads-b.\nMastery in at least two sensor modalities critical to autonomous navigation (e.g., vision/cameras, LiDAR, radar, IMUs, GNSS/GPS, or barometers).\nProven ability to build mathematical performance models and define error budgets for complex sensor data pipelines.\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mechatronics, or a directly related field (or equivalent practical experience).\nThe US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. 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