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Help us map
the physical world.

Wayland Autonomy builds the sensing and software that rebuilds any real area into a living map, updated by every flight. We are a small team taking on a genuinely hard problem. If that sounds like your kind of work, read on.

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Small team, real scope

You will own features end to end. Few people, wide surface area, short path from idea to flown mission.

Build over ceremony

Low meeting load, async by default. We would rather ship something and look at it than debate it in a deck.

Work that matters

Sensing, geospatial, autonomy, built to run where nothing else does. The output is used, not filed.

Open roles

One role open right now. The right person matters more than the timing. If that is you, get in touch.

Hardware Systems Engineer

HardwareFull-timeRemote-first

Integrate the electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software of our next-generation, lightweight UAV imaging pods into one system that flies. You own the hardware lifecycle at system level: requirements, bring-up, test, and the failure that only shows up on the airframe.

Technical leadership

System integration: work with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software to bring subsystems into one high-performing imaging payload.
Requirements and architecture: define, document, and trace system-level requirements and hardware specifications against product goals.
Design reviews: participate in, and in time drive, cross-functional reviews of schematics, layouts, and mechanical enclosures for compatibility and reliability.
Multidisciplinary execution: sit across mechanical, electrical, logical, and firmware so the pod works as one system, not four parts.

Operational excellence

Testing and validation: design, build, and execute test plans covering environmental, electrical, and functional testing of prototypes and production-ready systems.
Root-cause analysis: system-level bugs, hardware failures, and performance bottlenecks, using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers.
Lifecycle support: from conceptual prototype through manufacturing bring-up and failure analysis.

Technical domains

Electrical: analog and digital circuit design, power distribution, signal integrity.
Protocols: I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, PCIe, USB.
Lab and CAD: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies; exposure to ECAD (Altium, Eagle, OrCAD) or MCAD.
Scripting: Python or C/C++ for test automation and data analysis.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in electrical, computer, mechatronics, or systems engineering, or a closely related field.
1-4 years hands-on hardware development, systems engineering, or product testing. A strong internship or highly technical university project is considered.
Lab time on real hardware, not only coursework.

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We hire ahead of the org chart. If you are strong on sensing, geospatial, data, or systems and want to work on this, tell us what you would build and why.

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Where we work

Remote-first, with people across time zones. Where you sit matters less than what you ship.

Remote-first

Most of the team works remotely across time zones.

United States

US operations and program leadership.

Engineering, international

Core sensing and software, distributed.

Inside the Wayland Autonomy workshop, benches, prototyping, and lab gear. — The workshop. Where the hardware and the map meet.

What you get

No foosball tables. The things that actually make the work good.

Work that ships

Small team, short path from idea to flown mission. You see your code do something in the real world.

Real ownership

You own features, not tickets. Scope is wide and you have room to shape it.

Hard problems

Sensing, geospatial, autonomy. The kind of work that is genuinely difficult and genuinely useful.

Flexible by default

Remote-first, async-friendly, judged on what you build rather than where you sit.

Equipment that keeps up

The machine and tools you need to do the work without fighting them.

Quiet, not corporate

Low ceremony, few meetings, a team that would rather build than present slides.