Perception Hardware Integration Engineer
- Location
- El Segundo
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $180k – $220k + equity
- Visa
- No Visa Sponsorship
About this role
We are looking for a Perception Hardware Integration Engineer with 8+ years of experience to own Furientis' missile seeker as a working system, from the first prototype on the bench to every unit that follows. We need a hands-on hardware engineer who has worked closely with optics and imaging systems and has shipped real electro-optical products. You'll take a seeker that is already flying and collecting data, and help make it cheap enough to mass-produce, which is how America closes its interceptor production gap.
What will you be doing?
- Integrate cameras, optics, compute, IMUs and power into the seeker, including packaging, harnessing and assembly
- Build, bring up and calibrate seekers (NUC, bad-pixel maps, radiometric cal, boresight) so every unit performs the same
- Run the build → flight test → data analysis → redesign loop across 3–4 seeker systems in development at once
- Partner with the Seeker Lead (algorithms) and the opto-mechanical engineer to tune and redesign the system based on flight data
- Own seeker test, environmental qualification and the supply chain, and automate repetitive work with Python and AI tools
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Culture & values
Culture defined by ownership, speed, and scrappiness
Engineers expected to take projects from CAD to prototype to flight hardware
Engineers work on the shop floor alongside technicians
Rapid iteration on two-week test cycles
No room for bureaucracy or siloed thinking
Cross-disciplinary coordination required
Team pitches in wherever needed
Most engineers participate in weekend test campaigns in Mojave desert
AI-forward culture with entire team actively using AI tools
Values first-principles thinkers
Values engineers who thrive in resource-constrained environments
Engineering organization structured around subsystem ownership with end-to-end domain responsibility
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