Senior Software Engineer - Integration

Responsibilities

• Develop features across the full vehicle software stack, including sensor interfaces, communication layers, diagnostics, and system services.
• Integrate and validate autonomy and vehicle subsystems from multiple teams into a unified platform running on real hardware.
• Build and maintain backend infrastructure and tooling supporting vehicle operations.
• Design and implement inter-process and inter-system communication for vehicle and operator systems.
• Contribute to OTA update pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Write unit tests and help establish integration testing practices.
• Participate in remote support rotations, including occasional early and late hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with C/C++ and Python.
• Strong computer systems fundamentals, including operating system internals, memory management, process lifecycle, and IPC.
• Hands-on application-level embedded Linux experience.
• Ability to read schematics and understand hardware interfaces conceptually.
• Experience working across multiple subsystems and codebases.
• Experience with Linux systems programming, sockets, serial and device interfaces, systemd, and debugging tools.
• Experience with CAN bus protocols, serial communication, multi-process systems, and system-level debugging.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with firmware, perception, and controls teams.
• ROS, Rust, networking, test infrastructure, CI integration testing, hardware-in-the-loop setups, or early-stage startup experience are preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Palo Alto, California.

Benefits

• Onsite work in Palo Alto, California.
• Occasional early or late hours as part of remote support rotations.