Software Engineer II – Test/Internal Tooling
Design, develop, and maintain test frameworks and internal tooling for autonomous rail vehicles. Requires strong experience in Python, C++/Rust, HITL/SITL testing, Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Parallel Systems
Autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles for freight
logisticsLos Angeles, CA1-50Series BOnsiteFounded 2020Salary transparent
About
Parallel Systems builds autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles that integrate into existing rail operations. They serve railroads to shift freight from trucks to rail, enabling service to shorter routes and new markets. This reduces highway congestion, shipping costs, pollution, and provides a safer alternative to trucking.
Tech stack
TerraformAWSHelmPythonRustKubernetesLinuxIntuneJIRAAnsibleArgoCDPrometheusGrafanaC++CDocker
Open roles 10
Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Systems
As an Electrical Engineer, you will design and develop vehicle electrical systems for autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, focusing on power distribution, traction, braking, and safety-critical control logic. This role involves hands-on hardware bring-up, testing, and integration within a cross-functional team.
Senior Recruiter
Senior Recruiter owning full-cycle technical and business recruiting with heavy sourcing focus for a hard-tech autonomous rail startup. Reports to Head of Talent and partners closely with hiring managers.
Head of Customer Success
Own the full post-sale customer lifecycle for large enterprise accounts in autonomous rail technology, leading complex hardware and software implementations, building executive relationships, driving adoption, and securing expansion revenue. Requires 8+ years in customer success or implementation with experience in $5M+ enterprise deals.
Senior Software Engineer
Designs and builds high-performance backend systems in Rust for autonomous rail vehicles, focusing on train control, safety, and integration with customer systems. Requires 5+ years in systems programming, OS/networking expertise, and performance optimization.
IT Manager
Owns and scales internal IT infrastructure, strategy, and operations for a fast-growing engineering organization, including hands-on network design, device management, vendor relations, and security in an onsite role at California offices. Requires 5+ years IT experience or relevant bachelor's degree.
DevOps Engineer
Builds and maintains cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS, manages Kubernetes clusters with ArgoCD and Helm, automates deployments with Ansible, and improves CI/CD pipelines and security for scalable systems. Requires 3-5 years DevOps experience.
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Designs and analyzes mechanical systems for autonomous rail vehicles, focusing on dynamics, structural integrity, and simulations. Requires 5+ years in mechanical engineering with CAD, MBD tools, and FEA expertise, preferably in transportation or railway applications.
Mechanical Engineer
Designs and iterates mechanical components for autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, owning designs from CAD to prototype build and testing. Requires bachelor's in mechanical engineering, 1-3 years experience, strong CAD skills, and hands-on hardware background.