Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling
Develops scalable internal tools, AI workflows, and backend services for systems engineering traceability in autonomous vehicle programs. Requires 2+ years backend experience, Python proficiency, API design, and data modeling.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and productionize scalable internal tools and AI workflows that support system engineering and validation for autonomous vehicle programs.
- Integrate data across requirements management, modeling, and validation tools to provide end-to-end traceability from system requirements to test results.
- Build backend services and APIs to unify distributed engineering artifacts into a cohesive, reliable platform.
- Develop dashboards and KPIs to measure requirement coverage, trace completeness, and validation progress.
- Own and evolve the core traceability data model, enabling bidirectional traceability, versioning, baselining, and change impact analysis.
- Refactor internal prototypes into production-grade, certifiable systems with strong reliability, access control, and auditability.
- Collaborate closely with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams to ensure tooling supports compliance and safety case development.
- Scale internal tooling to support production programs and future regulatory needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 2+ years of professional experience in backend software development, internal tooling, or platform engineering.
- Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with Java or C/C++.
- Experience designing and building REST or GraphQL APIs.
- Experience with data modeling, schema design, and integrating systems via APIs.
- Experience building scalable backend services and working with CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to work across complex, cross-functional technical domains.
Nice to have
- Experience with requirements management or system modeling tools.
- Experience building dashboards, metrics frameworks, or traceability platforms.
- Familiarity with configuration management or compliance-driven environments.
- Exposure to safety-critical or regulated systems.
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment.
Compensation
Base salary range: $125,000 - $185,000 USD annually (plus equity and benefits).
Skills
Python, Java, C++, Rest, GraphQL, Data Modeling, CI/CD, APIs, Dashboards, Backend Services
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