Parallel · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer – Test/Internal Tooling
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expParallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain critical test software and infrastructure for autonomous rail vehicles, ensuring compliance with regulatory and safety requirements.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain testing frameworks for on-vehicle software as well as cloud-based services
Design, develop, and maintain hardware test stands for the vehicle subsystems
Maintain continuous integration (CI) pipeline, with an emphasis on reliability, speed, and cost effectiveness
Partner with hardware and software teams to develop useful internal software tooling
Contribute to regulatory documentation, including software traceability and test protocols
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across the testing and validation team
When appropriate, step into project leadership, ensuring milestones are well-defined and achieved
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software development skills and professional experience with both scripting (Python) and systems (C++/Rust) programming languages
3+ years of experience building test software and/or internal tooling, with an emphasis on hard tech products in addition to conventional cloud software
Experience with both hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing and software-in-the-loop (SITL) simulations
Working proficiency with Linux, DevOps, cloud services, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Demonstrated success in leading technical design, setting direction, and mentoring other engineers
Preferred
Experience in safety-critical domains such as autonomous vehicles, industrial control, or aerospace
Knowledge of rail control systems (strong plus)
Ability to work cross-functionally and balance technical depth with product impact
Experience with polyglot codebases
Company
Parallel
Parallel cultivates, produces, and processes cannabis for medical purposes.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$365.74MKey Investors
SunStreamEdward Brown
2022-12-08Debt Financing· $10M
2021-01-01Series Unknown
2019-06-27Series D· $100M
Leadership Team
Barry Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Lynnette F.
Chief Operating Officer
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