Senior Software Engineer - Integration
Teleo
About the role
Teleo, a Havoc company, is a robotics company that transforms construction heavy equipment, including loaders, dozers, excavators, and trucks, into autonomous robots for commercial and defense applications. Our technology enables a single operator to supervise and control multiple machines simultaneously, delivering significant productivity gains while improving operator safety and comfort.
Teleo was founded by a team of experienced technology leaders who previously led the development of Lyft's Self-Driving Car program and Google Street View. Teleo recently announced its merger with Havoc AI, a fast-growing defense technology company developing coordinated fleets of autonomous maritime vessels.
This is a unique opportunity to join a team building technology with real-world impact. You will work on cutting-edge 100,000-pound autonomous robots and engineer complex systems at the intersection of hardware, software, robotics, and AI.
Mission
Own the integration of Teleo's autonomy and vehicle subsystems into a reliable, cohesive platform. Bridge the gap between independently developed components — perception, controls, networking, hardware interfaces — and make them work together on real hardware.
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Core Responsibilities
Develop features across the full vehicle software stack: sensor interfaces, communication layers, diagnostics, and system services
Integrate and validate subsystems from multiple teams into a unified, working platform
Build and maintain backend infrastructure and tooling that support vehicle operations
Design and implement inter-process and inter-system communication for vehicle and operator systems
Contribute to OTA update pipelines and deployment workflows in collaboration with the full-stack team
Write unit tests and help establish integration testing practices across the codebase
Participate in remote support rotations, including occasional early/late hours
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
4+ years of professional software engineering in C/C++ and Python
Strong computer systems fundamentals: OS internals, memory management, process lifecycle, IPC
Hands-on embedded Linux experience at the application level
Comfortable reading schematics and understanding hardware interfaces at a conceptual level
Demonstrated ability to work across multiple subsystems and codebases
Comfortable working on-site in Palo Alto, CA
Strong Experience With
Linux systems programming: sockets, serial, device interfaces, systemd, debugging tools
CAN bus protocols and serial communication
Building and integrating multi-process systems with complex inter-component dependencies
Debugging at the system level: logs, traces, packet captures, core dumps
Working in cross-functional environments alongside firmware, perception, and controls teams
Nice to Have
ROS experience
Networking fundamentals: VLANs, Layer 2/3 debugging, packet analysis
Rust
Experience bootstrapping test infrastructure: CI integration testing, hardware-in-the-loop setups
Early-stage startup experience — comfortable with broad scope and fast iteration
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$180,000 - $225,000 a year
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Teleo is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All qualified people are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Develop features across the vehicle software stack, including sensor interfaces, communications, diagnostics, and system services
- Integrate and validate subsystems into a unified platform
- Build and maintain backend infrastructure and vehicle operations tooling
- Implement inter-process and inter-system communications
- Contribute to over-the-air update pipelines and deployment workflows
- Write unit tests and help establish integration testing practices
- Participate in remote support rotations
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related technical field
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with C/C++ and Python
- Strong computer systems fundamentals, including operating systems, memory management, process lifecycles, and IPC
- Hands-on application-level embedded Linux experience
- Ability to read schematics and understand hardware interfaces
- Experience with Linux systems programming, CAN bus, serial communications, and multi-process system integration
- Strong system-level debugging skills using logs, traces, packet captures, and core dumps
- Comfortable collaborating across subsystems and working on-site in Palo Alto
Skills mentioned
About Teleo
Teleo, a Havoc Company, converts existing fleets of heavy equipment into semi-autonomous robots. Operators control machines from a remote desk, instantly switching between machines and across job sites.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Teleo. The employer record includes 6 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.