Senior Associate Integration Engineer

About This Role

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.

Job Overview: As an experienced Senior Integration Engineer, you will be designing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions across all systems of a cutting-edge UAV SW stack. As part of our diverse integration team, you will be engaging with the leading domain experts, learning about and finding the best solutions for their integration and automation requirements.

You will be working hands-on with the in-house developed hardware and software, including flight controllers and mission computers, shaping the way these systems are integrated and validated. Your understanding of integration processes and problem-solving skills will be crucial in ensuring that we are providing the best possible service to our customers.

Secure Systems Research Center (SSRC)

Key Responsibilities System Integration

• Collaborate with software developers and other engineers to define integration requirements and specifications
• Design and implement integration bridges between the various systems of the autonomous flight stack, all the way to deployment into production
• Build up and maintain comprehensive documentation of SW configurations

System Validation

• Be a key player in preparation and maintenance of SW releases
• Discover, document, track and solve SW issues
• Closely engage with the end users to provide guidance and support

CICD and automation

• Develop orchestration tools and APIs for reproducible system deployments, release generation, debugging, etc.
• Build and extend CI/CD pipelines for a multitude of distributed components
• Monitor and improve the performance of integration pipelines

JOB SPECIFICATIONS Industry / Domain Research / Secure Systems

Must-have Qualifications

• BSc / MSc degree in Computer Science or related fields
• Minimum 2+ years of experience as an Integration Engineer or in a similar role
• Experience working with embedded systems, incl. hands-on with the HW
• In-depth understanding of the SW validation processes and tools involved
• Strong skills with Python and Bash for automation / CICD
• Experience working with Jenkins / GitHub Actions or similar
• Strong communication skills in English, both verbal and writing to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively, even under time pressure
• Desire to learn and engage with new technologies and practices

Nice-to-have Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous systems development, especially UAVs, is a huge plus
• UAV pilot license is a huge plus
• Experience building HIL / CICD systems from ground up
• Experience with cross-organization, cross-system integration at scale
• Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript for packaging, front-end development
• Familiarity with Golang, Rust, C

At TII, we help society to overcome its biggest hurdles through a rigorous approach to scientific discovery and inquiry, using state-of-the-art facilities and collaboration with leading international institutions. Our rigorous discovery and inquiry-based approach helps to forge new and disruptive breakthroughs in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, digital security, directed energy, quantum computing and secure systems.