NODA AI

NODA AI

Senior Integration Engineer

Austin · Senior

No sponsorship$15k-$20kDetected 113 days ago
PythonC++Distributed SystemsCybersecuritySystems EngineeringRoboticsSensors

About the role

  • This is a software-leaning role with field-validated outputs.
  • A meaningful portion is at the bench or at a range.

Responsibilities

  • Build vehicle drivers for new aerial, ground, and marine platforms inside the URZA integration layer.
  • Build sensor, payload, and third-party autonomy adapters
  • Own HITL test plans and integration tests
  • drive new platforms from delivered to URZA-controlled before live test.
  • Partner with vehicle OEMs, sensor providers, and autonomy partners on integration design and debugging.
  • Build shared libraries and scaffolding that compress time-to-integrate
  • Build sensor, payload, and third-party autonomy adapters; translate vendor data into URZA's world model.
  • Own HITL test plans and integration tests; drive new platforms from delivered to URZA-controlled before live test.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering, with 2+ years on integrations, drivers, middleware, or robotics software.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust.
  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required
  • Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required

Nice to have

  • Hands-on with autonomous systems or unmanned vehicles (UAS, UGV, USV, UUV).
  • Zenoh or comparable pub-sub middleware (DDS, ROS2 RMW)
  • routing and key-expression depth.
  • Sensor integration depth (LIDAR, cameras, IMUs, GNSS) or autonomy algorithm depth (planning, controls, perception, SLAM).
  • Prior defense, autonomy, or robotics company experience.
  • Active security clearance.
  • Strong software engineer first
  • treats integration as engineering, not scripting.

Skills

  • Systems thinker across vehicle, network, middleware, and orchestration layers.
  • Structured debugger across hardware-software boundaries.
  • Documentation-disciplined.
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Competitive base + equity
  • Flexible time off and generous PTO
  • Federal holidays
  • 401(k)
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Free One Medical membership
  • the framework that lets a new vehicle, a new sensor, or a new third-party autonomy stack become orchestratable.

Compensation

  • $15k-$20k

Benefits

  • field hardware readiness and RPIC coverage (Field Operations)

Company info

  • NODA is a veteran-owned Series A defense technology company building the orchestration layer for autonomous unmanned systems.
  • Our platform - URZA - coordinates fleets of heterogeneous vehicles across air, sea, and land for defense and intelligence customers.
  • Engineering Manager (Integration Engineering), Solution Architect, Core Engineering.
  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
  • We are seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to lead driver development and vehicle onboarding inside the URZA integration layer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required

This listing is sourced directly from NODA AI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.