Noda AI Hardware Integration Engineer at NODA Recon Works designs and integrates hardware subsystems onto unmanned vehicles. The role includes planning and executing tests and designing prototype parts in CAD.
Responsibilities
As Hardware Integration Engineer - Recon Works, you turn concepts into working hardware. You design prototype parts in CAD, integrate mechanical, electrical, and compute subsystems onto unmanned vehicles, and test what you build in the lab and the field until it works or we learn why it can't.
This is a hands-on mechanical engineering and hardware integration role for someone who would rather be at the bench or on the range than in a slide deck. You work on our Recon Works team with a technical program manager, multidisciplinary engineer, and a mission analyst.
Plan and run bench, lab, and field tests of prototype systems: write test plans, instrument hardware, collect and analyze data, and turn results into design changes (50%)
Integrate subsystems from multiple sources (sensors, payloads, compute, power, communications, and propulsion) onto air, sea, and land platforms, including wiring harnesses, connectors, and power distribution (30%)
Design prototype parts and assemblies in CAD (SolidWorks, Onshape, or similar) for rapid fabrication by 3D printing, machining, or sheet metal, from brackets and enclosures to complete payload mounts (20%)
Document designs, interfaces, and test results so de-risked prototypes can hand off cleanly to NODA product and engineering teams
Qualification
Bachelor's degree in mechanicalExperience writing test plansComfort with shop tools and fabricationFAA Part 107 remote pilot certificateExisting Secret or higher clearanceBias towards buildingSystems thinking
Required
Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, mechatronics, or a related engineering field
3+ years of hands-on hardware development, integration, or test experience
Proficiency in a parametric CAD tool (SolidWorks, Onshape, NX, or Creo) and in designing for rapid fabrication (additive, CNC, sheet metal)
Hands-on electromechanical integration experience, including wiring harnesses, connectors, and power distribution, and debugging with multimeters, oscilloscopes, and similar tools
Experience writing test plans, running hardware tests, and turning test data into design changes
Comfort with shop tools and fabrication, and with working outdoors in field test conditions
US citizenship is required due to ITAR regulations, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
Preferred
Experience building or testing unmanned systems (UAS, UGV, USV, or UUV)
Familiarity with common autonomy hardware, such as PX4 or ArduPilot autopilots, embedded compute (for example, NVIDIA Jetson), EO/IR, lidar, or radar sensors, and tactical radios
Python or similar scripting for data acquisition and test analysis
Environmental or qualification testing experience (for example, MIL-STD-810 or MIL-STD-461)
FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate
Existing Secret or higher clearance
Bias towards building: you would rather make a part tonight than analyze it for a week
Systems thinking: you see how a change affects the entire system and never think in terms of local optimums
