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Hardware Integration Engineer - Recon Works

NODA AI · Washington, D.C. · Remote

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About NODA AI

NODA's Software-Defined Effects (SDFX) engine projects and maintains commander's intent across heterogeneous unmanned systems in contested, multi-domain environments, transforming fleets that are merely coordinated into a decisive force that executes a... Backed by Bessemer.

About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 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
More about this role

Travel: 25%

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required

NODA is a veteran-owned, venture-backed defense technology company building the orchestration layer for autonomous unmanned systems. Our platform coordinates fleets of heterogeneous vehicles across air, sea, and land for defense and intelligence customers. We expect every hire to be mission-driven with strong agency.

NODA Recon Works imagines the future of autonomous warfare, then builds it. We are a small team of multidisciplinary technical experts that scouts, analyzes, prototypes, and delivers de-risked technologies to integrate into our products or become new ones altogether.

Engineers wanted for challenging journey. Fast pace, uncertain requirements, imaginative leaps expected, path to production sometimes doubtful. Defense of the free world in case of success.

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...

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