Reliability Engineer

About the Team:

The Orb Software team writes software and firmware using Rust, C, and Python. Frequent collaborators include the Hardware (bring-up, manufacturing, adding new sensors, etc.), AI (neural networks controlling the autofocus, etc.), and Cloud teams. Orb Software team members are primarily located in Berlin and San Francisco, although some work remotely.

About the Orb:

Worldcoin's launch requires a "Proof-of-Personhood": a way to determine someone is human (not a bot) and hasn't already claimed their free share of Worldcoin. This is why we developed the Orb.

The Orb is an advanced biometric imaging device, custom-designed for Worldcoin's launch. Orbs are deployed to a global network of operators, who use the device to onboard new Worldcoin users. During this onboarding, the Orb will generate a hash of each user's iris and submit it to Worldcoin's trustless backend (built on Ethereum). For more details on how the Orb is part of Worldcoin's privacy-preserving approach to Proof-of-Personhood, see How the Launch Works.

The Orb solves a fierce combination of engineering and UX challenges, centered around image quality, security, and ease-of-use. Each device has an advanced iris imaging system, designed to work consistently across real-world lighting conditions. An additional suite of sensors feeds into an onboard fraud detection system, enabling use in unsecured environments. These systems are combined in a sleek industrial design with a simple, minimalist user interface.

About the Opportunity:

As a Technical Project Manager on the Orb product team, you will be responsible for shipping features as well as projects to support the global rollout of the Orb which is critical to the success of Worldcoin. In your role you will coordinate all work streams within the Orb Software team. This includes the full scope of bringup, device management, reliability (software & hardware), infrastructure as well as critical projects involving privacy, security, open sourcing and blog posts related to the Orb. You will be responsible for the successful definition, cross-functional strategy, planning and execution of key projects within the On-Device Software team.

In this role you will:

• Responsible for several major projects related to On-Device Software with a very high degree of complexity
• Responsible for the successful definition, planning, and execution of key projects that help to solve complex problems
• Collaborate with engineering and management to define project requirements, set priorities, and establish scope which includes defining the roadmap and long-term strategy of the teams that you are partnering with
• Manage cross functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly
• Partner with cross functional teams to drive technical analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.
• Proactively identify and analyze complex, long-term, critical infrastructure problems with engineering leaders and stakeholders
• Monitor project status and rapidly identify issues / risks. Succinctly communicate issues to relevant stakeholders and proactively collaborate to ensure timely resolution

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a software engineering or science related discipline
• You are thinking from first principles and seek ground truth
• Deep technical knowledge, interdisciplinary engineering fundamentals and multidisciplinary project execution is the key to success in this role; you are not satisfied with just letting products be built by others, but can lead technical discussions and understand the internals of hardware, software, AI, systems & infrastructure.
• Experienced with Linux, Python, C, bonus: Rust
• Enjoy high pace environment
• Care more about outcome than process
• Enjoy solving hard problems and can turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into action plans
• Experience operating autonomously and leading projects across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones
• You are able to handle projects from kick-off to ship, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership.
• You look around the corners to anticipate potential blockers and navigate effectively
• Experience working on hardware or hardware-related products
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, building strong relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders and teams around the organization in order to drive alignment within the organization
• Ability to clearly articulate & read, write and speak in English (company language)
• Optimally 3+ years of relevant engineering experience