Senior Hardware Integration Engineer

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THE ROLE

Volley's parking system is not one machine. It is a system of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), vertical conveyors and lifts, trays, EV charging, vehicle interchange bays, doors and safety interlocks, fire and life-safety systems, building controls, and the software that drives all of it. Some elements of the system we design while others come from outside suppliers that we integrate and optimize through partnerships. Making all of it behave as one performant and integrated system is the engineering challenge in front of us. This role owns that problem.

You will define the interface specifications, flow requirements down to vendors, review their designs, fill the gaps with bespoke designs, and define what "acceptable" means and what evidence proves it. When a subsystem misbehaves, you are the engineer who can reason across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software to say why, and can support driving the process with supporting functions (e.g. operations) to get it fixed.

You set the standard and build the evidence that translates to fielded system performance. When something behaves differently at a customer site than it did in Denver, you are the technical authority they escalate to and seek or create innovative solutions to contain the issue and resolve the problem.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

System architecture, interface control, and configuration management. Define and maintain the interfaces between subsystems: mechanical envelopes and tolerance stack-ups, power and grounding, signal and network topology, command and state semantics, timing, and failure behavior. Own the interface control documents and keep them true, because in this system those gaps can lead to failures with a lead time. You will also own the configuration management of the HW system, both as built/deployed as well as under development evolution.

Requirements flow-down and traceability. Translate customer commitments, site constraints, and building code obligations into verifiable requirements on each subsystem, and keep the thread from a customer's throughput number to a supplier's acceptance test intact.

Supplier and internal technical design ownership. Be the technical counterpart to our AGV, vertical transport, charging, and controls suppliers, from specification and RFQ through design review, factory acceptance, and warranty. Evaluate platforms on their merits, write specifications a vendor can actually build to, and say no when what shows up is not what was specified. Some projects or components will require detailed designs driven by and you will be expected to run the full spectrum from ground up design to higher level integration.

Integration and protocol conformance. We drive supplier AGVs over VDA5050. Other subsystems speak Modbus, OPC UA, CAN, and vendor-specific APIs. You will own conformance to the interface spec and make sure vendor deviations stay documented and contained at the boundary rather than leaking into our architecture.

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WHY THIS IS WORTH YOUR TIME

Most systems integration roles are about defending an architecture someone else set a decade ago. This one is about setting it. Volley is early enough that the interfaces you define become the product, and far enough along that you will watch them get realized in a building and carry real cars for real customers a year from now.

BENEFITS

Base salary range listed above. Offer amount determined by experience and skills. This role also includes an equity stake in Volley. Volley’s benefit package includes: Medical, Dental and Vision coverage covered up to 90% for employee and 75% for dependents. Volley has a 401(k) plan with matching contributions and enrollment starts immediately as well as generous paid time off, paid Holidays, Life & Disability coverage and more.

Applicant must provide proof of his or her eligibility to work in the United States if selected for hire.

Volley Automation is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, association with a member of a protected class, bereavement leave, color, disability (physical, intellectual/developmental, or mental health/psychiatric), exercising the right to family care and medical leave related to serious health condition of employee or family member, child bonding, or military exigencies, engaging in protected activity, gender identity or expression, genetic information or characteristic, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristic), military and veteran status, national origin (includes language restrictions), pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), race (includes hairstyle and hair texture), religious creed (includes dress and grooming practices), reproductive health decision making, sex/gender, and sexual orientation.

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