Staff Systems Integration Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About ALSO.

We’re ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We’re a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO—replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.

ALSO is looking for a Staff Systems Integration Engineer to lead the integration of drive units, batteries, inverters, displays, and various low voltage electronics!

What You Will Do

• Coordinate with hardware teams and lead the vehicle bring up activities on all the vehicle builds

• Oversee the integration of firmware and software components developed by cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless operation and compatibility.

• Support the triage of system hardware & software bugs on the vehicle and escalating them based on their impact on users and the overall program.

• Support the development of test-cases and verification of system level functions on multiple mediums (benches, labcars and vehicles).

• Support the cross-functional development efforts, identify and manage issues identified during development testing.

• Participate in architectural and software technical discussions and develop technical solutions

• Collect and analyze CAN, physical measurement data acquisition, and emulated module data

• Worked with team on automated tools written in Python, C, or Simulink to create vehicle software packages

• Support Feature Release Readiness & Regression testing to ensure stability and performance of features

• Oversee the design, implementation, and management of automated test processes, focusing on efficiency and scalability. Help create a test asset strategy to ensure the availability, deployment, and performance of testing resources.

• Own and maintain firmware versions for test resources using FOTA campaigns/ proprietary re-flash tools.

• Identify any test tooling needs on the vehicle and cloud to support testing and validation including data logging solutions

What You Will Bring

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

• Experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence & requirements management tools like JAMA, Polarion, Doors, etc.

• Minimum of 6 years experience working with electro-mechanical system integration

• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, etc.

• Demonstrated understanding of life-cycle embedded systems development including hardware, software (embedded operating systems and programming), testing and implementation.

• Experience in testing and implementing software (embedded operating systems and programming)

• Numerical programming /scripting experience (PANDAS, MATLAB)

• Comfort working with embedded systems — reading source code, reasoning about state machines, etc.

• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment systems and networking protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet)

• Experience building cross-platform software with source control (Git) and tools such as Grafana, Bamboo, Jira, Bazel

• Experience with AWS would be a bonus

The salary for this position ranges from $190,000-$220,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Perks & Benefits
• Robust health coverage — excellent health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO, with FSA & HSA options
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates
• Rich fertility and family-building benefits with Progyny
• Flexible time off
• 401(k) match

Why ALSO.

We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there—wherever it is you’re headed.

We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces. 

Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.