Senior Autonomy Stack Integration Engineer - Land Domain (m/f/d)

<figure style="text-align:center;"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.fernride.com/"><img style="width:650px" src="https://recruitee-main.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/b8sbpn98trem3vs54lo7m8fynocgn4/Quantum-Systems-uebernimmt-Fernride-169FullWidth-1559f24-393125.avif"></a></figure><p style="text-align:start;min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW142083101 BCX0" style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW84284875 BCX8">Join Quantum Systems and help bring autonomous ground systems into real-world operations. As a Senior Autonomy Stack Integration Engineer in the Land Domain, you will ensure proper end-to-end functionality of our products across the whole autonomy stack. You will have a unique overview and understanding of details of all interacting components and work with the teams to make sure that component integration, tooling, and verification are innate to our development processes and that broader stack changes are exercised swiftly and with minimal friction.</p><p class="Paragraph SCXW84284875 BCX8">You will work at the intersection of the autonomy software stack, vehicle manufacturers, and our SW Factory, making sure our vehicle controls are robust, safe, and reliably deployable.</p><p style="text-align:start;"><br></p><h4><strong>What is your Day to Day Mission:</strong></h4><ul><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Lead by example with excellent engineering practices within your team as well as all other land domain teams</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Ensure that component teams can integrate their components safely and easily as much as possible and enable component team ownership after integration.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Set priorities, ensure delivery of high-quality engineer, and establish best practices for specification, development, testing, and review for both your team and the component teams you work with.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Be responsible for the <strong>end-to-end integration of the autonomy stack</strong> on our ground vehicle platforms, from individual software components to a functioning autonomous system.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Establish and maintain a deep understanding of the interfaces, dependencies, timing, data flows, and failure modes across the autonomy stack.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Own system-level troubleshooting and triaging, identify issues across component boundaries, and work with the responsible teams to drive them to resolution.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Build and maintain the tooling required to inspect, diagnose, reproduce, and understand system behavior across the complete autonomy stack.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Define and maintain representative integration environments, configurations, datasets, scenarios, and system-level tests.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Ensure integration on the vehicles and drive issues to resolution: strong troubleshooting, triaging, and integration discipline.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Apply robust software development practices across all parts of the stack the team is responsible for.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Build and run VnV setups for any changes your team exposes on the autonomy stack, from bench and rig testing to vehicle-level testing.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Establish automated testing and deployment in strong alignment with the SW Factory (target CI).</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Treat safety and security as first-class requirements throughout development and integration.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Work hand-in-hand with Perception, Motion Planning &amp; Control, Pilot, vehicle platform, SW Factory, Verification &amp; Validation, and ground operations teams.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Establish clear interfaces and integration contracts between teams and identify integration risks early.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW192801704 BCX8">Coordinate broader autonomy stack changes involving multiple teams and ensure that they are validated end-to-end.What you bring to the team.</p></li></ul> <br> <h4><strong><br></strong></h4><h4><strong>What you bring to the team:</strong><br></h4><ul><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Engineering degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a comparable field.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">8+ years of experience in software engineering, robotics, autonomous systems, embedded systems, or comparable complex software-intensive systems.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Strong experience integrating complex distributed software systems involving software, compute hardware, sensors, networks, and physical platforms.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Broad understanding of autonomous robotics stacks, including perception, localization, planning, controls, vehicle interfaces, and operator-facing systems.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Strong programming skills in modern C++ and Python, with the ability to understand and debug unfamiliar components across a large software stack.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Hands-on experience with Linux-based robotic or embedded systems, networking, middleware such as ROS 2 or comparable technologies, and deployment on target hardware.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Strong understanding of software interfaces, distributed system behavior, timing, synchronization, observability, and failure analysis.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Experience with simulation, SIL, HIL, system integration rigs, and vehicle- or robot-level testing.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Proven track record in robust software development practices including automated testing, CI/CD, reproducible deployments, and system-level verification.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Outstanding troubleshooting and triaging skills, particularly for problems spanning multiple components or engineering disciplines.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Strong technical communication: you can distill crisp action items from complex discussions and translate them into team priorities and plans.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Fluent in German and English.</p></li><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8">Player-coach mindset: high ownership, pragmatic, and comfortable working across organizational and technical boundaries in a fast-paced environment.</p><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8" style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW95206079 BCX8" style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p></li></ul><h4><span style="font-size:1.2em">Your Benefits:</span>&nbsp;</h4><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW113000096 BCX8"><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW113000096 BCX8"><strong>Direct impact: </strong>See your contributions rapidly integrated from cutting-edge research into industrialized products, flying in the field within short development cycles.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW113000096 BCX8"><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW113000096 BCX8"><strong>Culture &amp; Environment: </strong>A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative startup environment with flat hierarchies, efficient collaboration, and a strong emphasis on continuous learning opportunities.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW113000096 BCX8"><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW113000096 BCX8"><strong>Work-life Balance: </strong>We offer flexible work schedules, and 30 days of paid vacation each year to support your personal and professional life.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW113000096 BCX8"><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW113000096 BCX8"><strong>Lunch Benefit: </strong>We promote healthy eating and the well-being of our employees with a monthly lunch budget.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW113000096 BCX8"><li><p class="Paragraph SCXW113000096 BCX8"><strong>Health &amp; Wellness:</strong> We support your physical well-being with a company-subsidized eGym Wellpass membership, giving you access to thousands of gyms and sports facilities.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>