Founding Hardware Integration Engineer

About Gallatin At Gallatin, we are rebuilding logistics infrastructure for the national security missions of the United States and allied partners. We build AI systems that determine how logistics decisions are made — not just how they’re executed. From factory to foxhole, we operate at the layer where data becomes decisions, and decisions make the advantage.

About the Role We’re looking to hire our set of Founding Hardware Integration Engineers to help take Gallatin’s software off the cloud and into the field. You’ll evaluate, design, and get our systems running on rugged edge compute, connected to sensors and tactical communications, and working reliably in disconnected, contested environments. You’ll work alongside our infrastructure, fullstack, AI, and product teams, and directly with operators during tests, exercises, and operations. You’ll own integration work end to end with senior engineers around you to learn from and push on as well as junior engineers to help mentor and develop.

What You’ll Do Integrate Software Onto Real Hardware

• Integrate Gallatin software and hardware systems on rugged edge compute, vehicle-mounted systems, and fielded kits, from the bench to deployment

• Bring up, configure, and harden Linux-based systems, including drivers, networking, and update processes

• Connect our stack to sensors, radios, and tactical networks through standard interfaces and protocols

Make It Work in Hard Environments

• Build and test for degraded, disconnected, intermittent, and low-bandwidth conditions

• Support field tests,exercises and operations, troubleshoot failures on site, and drive fixes back into the system at rapid pace

• Track down and solve issues across power, thermal, and environmental constraints

Strengthen the Integration Process

• Contribute to repeatable processes for hardware configuration, test, and deployment

• Write the test plans, documentation, and checklists that make fielding systems faster and more reliable

• Evaluate hardware components and bring clear recommendations to the team

Partner Across the Stack

• Work with software and AI engineers to surface real hardware limits early

• Capture what operators tell you in the field and feed it back to product

• Support security and accreditation work for systems that touch classified networks

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years in hardware integration, systems integration, or embedded engineering

• Solid Windows or Linux fundamentals: system configuration, networking, and troubleshooting

• Hands-on experience with hardware interfaces and networking (Ethernet, serial, CAN, USB, IP networking)

• Working proficiency in Python, C, or C++ for integration, tooling, and test

• Comfort debugging hands-on with incomplete information

• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret, Top Secret,TS/SCI clearance, or willingness to go through the process to obtain one

• Based in El Segundo, or willing to relocate

Bonus Points

• Experience integrating tactical radios, MANET, or SATCOM

• Familiarity with the TAK ecosystem (ATAK, WinTAK, TAK Server)

• Containers and fleet management at the edge (Docker, k3s)

• Experience supporting RMF or ATO packages

• Exposure to MIL-STD environmental testing (810, 461)

• Military service or prior experience supporting operators in the field

• Background at a defense hardware, robotics, or autonomy company

Mission and Identity We are building the system that enables faster, smarter logistics decisions in contested environments, and we’re doing it with a team of seasoned entrepreneurs, operators, and technologists who have built and scaled solutions in this space before. We hold ourselves to an extremely high standard. We value clear thinking, direct communication, and the kind of ownership that doesn’t stop until something actually works. Our mission is to create decision advantage when the stakes are the highest. If we succeed, the system doesn’t just run; it gets smarter. We’re not building AI for its own sake. We’re building it because faster, smarter decisions in the most demanding environments on earth can’t wait. If you want to work somewhere the stakes are real and the mission is urgent — you’ll fit in here.

Why Gallatin? The logistics infrastructure that supports America’s warfighters and humanitarian disaster responders is overdue for transformation, and we are building it. From defense operations to disaster response, we’re solving the hardest problems that keep missions moving when it matters most. Join a team where the mission is the point.

Compensation Gallatin offers competitive compensation commensurate with experience. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location. In addition to base salary, we offer a generous equity grant, full healthcare coverage, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and the perks of working in a high-caliber, mission-driven environment.

Gallatin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. The successful candidate must be able to work in a classified environment when necessary.

We comply with the United States Department of Labor’s Pay Transparency provision.