HW/SW Integration Engineer

FERNRIDE is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging because we value and celebrate everyone's differences and individuality. We strive to create an open, safe space in which you feel empowered and authentic. FERNRIDE has 50 employees from 10+ countries. Our culture is characterized by the company values and fundamentals:

 #wewinasoneteam #weexecuteanddeliver #weareambitiousinnovators #weareopentochange #weputcustomervaluefirst #respect #professionalism #safety.

What you will work on

You will work on Fernride’s hardware–software integration and validation infrastructure, ensuring that software changes are continuously tested against real and representative vehicle targets. The focus of the role is on automation, emulation, and simulation—bringing hardware, networks, and vehicle interfaces reliably into CI.

As part of the Engineering Enablement / Build & Infrastructure team, you will design and operate HIL and target CI systems that scale with product complexity while maintaining high quality and determinism. The goal is leverage: enabling product teams to validate changes early, automatically, and with confidence.

How you will leave your footprint

• Design, build, and operate HIL and target CI systems integrated into the company-wide CI pipeline
• Automate HW/SW integration tests using emulation, simulation, and real hardware targets
• Develop and maintain CAN and vehicle-bus simulations, including tooling comparable to CANoe
• Integrate hardware-centric validation workflows into Bazel-based build and test systems
• Improve observability, stability, and reproducibility of hardware-driven CI environments

What you will bring to the team

Required skills

• Experience with HW/SW integration testing, HIL systems, or target-based validation
• Strong software engineering skills, with a focus on automation and test infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with vehicle communication buses (e.g. CAN) and related tooling or simulations
• Solid understanding of CI systems and how to integrate hardware-dependent workflows
• A quality-first mindset and the discipline to design reliable, repeatable test setups

Preferred skills

• Experience with Bazel or other large-scale, declarative build and test systems
• Familiarity with tools like CANoe, CANalyzer, or similar automotive validation environments
• Experience operating or scaling hardware labs, test rigs, or remote target infrastructure

What we offer @ FERNRIDE

At FERNRIDE, we believe in empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. Our benefits are thoughtfully designed to support your growth, well-being, and aspirations while fostering a strong sense of work-life harmony. Here’s how we support you:

• Flexible working hours & remote work
• All-day breakfast and unlimited drinks, fruits, and snacks
• Lunch subsidy
• Select one of three options: (1) EUR 40 Spendit card /month (2) Wellpass (3) Mobility card
• Corporate Benefits platform
• Company pension scheme
• Team, department, and company events
• 30 days of vacation
• Up to six weeks of remote work in countries covered under the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card)

Who we are

At FERNRIDE, we believe in a future where robotics unlocks human potential to create a better world. Yet today, humans still perform repetitive, risky tasks to keep our world running. These jobs, essential yet unattractive, should be performed by robots, which still fall short. We are on a mission to change that and transform critical industries through human-centric automation. 

FERNRIDE delivers a comprehensive ground autonomy platform to offer scalable automation solutions across industries. They span from container terminals and yard operations via defence logistics to open-road trucking. By combining AI-powered autonomy with human oversight and modular, vehicle-agnostic hardware, we enable businesses and defence organizations to harness the full potential of automation, driving efficiency and safety.

FERNRIDE was founded in 2019 following 10 years of research at the Technical University of Munich and currently has 50 employees. We are setting the standard for autonomous logistics and advancing Europe’s technological sovereignty by delivering the first-ever fully certified autonomous trucking system in Europe in 2025. 

http://www.fernride.com