Integration Engineer

Position Summary

Essential Duties

• C2 & Third-Party Platform Integration: Design, build, and maintain integrations between our counter-drone system and external platforms, including Command and Control (C2) systems, sensor networks, and other mission systems used by our customers and partners.
• API & Interface Development: Develop and maintain APIs, data feeds, and messaging interfaces (REST, SOAP, pub/sub, and similar) that expose our system's detection, tracking, and status data to external platforms in a reliable, low-latency manner.
• Protocol & Standards Work: Implement and troubleshoot military and industry-standard data formats and messaging protocols (e.g., Cursor-on-Target, Link 16, VMF, TAK/ATAK, or comparable interoperability standards) [DC1] [EL2] as required by customer and partner systems.
• Requirements & Interface Definition: Work directly with customers, partners, and internal engineering teams to gather integration requirements, define interface control documents (ICDs), and translate operational needs into technical specifications.
• Testing & Validation: Build and execute integration test plans, including simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, to verify correctness, timing, and reliability of data exchange between systems before and during field deployment.
• Field & Customer Support: Support integration efforts during customer demonstrations, pilots, and field deployments, troubleshooting issues across the full stack—from our system, through the network, to the receiving platform.
• Documentation: Produce and maintain clear integration documentation, interface specifications, and runbooks for internal teams and external partners.

Requirements

• Integration Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience as an integration engineer, systems integration engineer, or similar role, integrating software products with external enterprise systems.
• Enterprise Integration Fundamentals: Strong working knowledge of APIs (REST/SOAP), messaging and pub/sub systems, data serialization formats (JSON, XML, Protobuf), and general middleware/integration patterns.
• Programming & Tooling: Proficient in at least one modern programming language commonly used for integration work (e.g., Python, Kotlin, C++, or C#), [DC3] [EL4] with the ability to read and write production-quality integration code.
• Systems Troubleshooting: Comfortable diagnosing issues across the network, application, and data layers when an integration isn’t behaving as expected—strong understanding of TCP/IP networking and system-level debugging.
• Independence & Ownership: Resourceful self-starter comfortable working directly with customers and partners, owning ambiguous integration problems end-to-end, and navigating shifting priorities in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Compliance: This position requires access to export-controlled information under ITAR. Only U.S. citizens are permitted. Must be willing to submit a background check.

Nice-to-Have

Benefits

• Meaningful Early Equity: You aren’t just an employee; you are a foundational owner. Your contributions directly drive the value of your stake in the company.
• Direct Roadmap Influence: Forget the bureaucracy of big defense. You will have a seat at the table, directly shaping our product and technology trajectory from day one.
• Mission-Critical Work: We don’t build for "what if." We build systems the Department of War actively needs to counter immediate, real-world threats.
• The Builder’s Playground: Work in a brand-new lab fully optimized for rapid prototyping, equipped with NVIDIA Jetsons, high-end scopes, and 3-D printers.
• 100% Employer-Paid Premiums: We cover 100% of your medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums and cover 50% of healthcare premiums for your dependents.
• Unlimited PTO: We value results, not clock-watching. Take the time you need to stay sharp and recharge.
• Zero Red Tape: You report to the founders. You have the autonomy to make technical decisions that would take months of committee approval at a larger firm.
• Austin-Based Culture: Join an onsite team in Austin, TX, where we prioritize high-bandwidth collaboration and rapid field-testing.
• Relocation Assistance: We want the best talent in the room. If you aren’t in Austin yet, we'll help you get here, to make your transition to the Silicon Hills seamless.

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