Software Integration Engineer - Defense

What you'll do

• Define vehicle compute and sensor architecture, coordinate harness and sensor installation, and manage component procurement.
• Coordinate sensor tuning and drive-by-wire validation with hardware, perception, autonomy, and controls teams.
• Travel to lead vehicle builds and installs, prepare demos, and assess infrastructure needs for new operational sites.

What they ask for

• 2+ years of systems/integration engineering experience; automotive, robotics, defense, or autonomy experience is described as ideal.
• Working knowledge of vehicle hardware integration, including harnessing, sensor/compute mounting, and hardware architecture.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, including internationally and for multi-week stretches.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant field; must be a U.S. citizen and hold or be eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with drive-by-wire systems and low-level vehicle controls, or specifying/validating camera and sensor requirements.
• Experience standing up operational sites, working on defense or government programs, or coordinating vendors and regulatory/permit requirements.

Pay

$120K – $170K (base salary; currency not specified)

Tools

drive-by-wire (DBW), PID tuning, system identification, camera ISP parameters

AI focus

Integrates vehicle hardware and software for autonomy systems; no AI model development is specified.