Autonomous Vehicle Integration Technician (Hybrid – Austin)

Zaddy Solutions

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 185,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Zaddy Solutions in Austin, TX is seeking a Vehicle Integration Technician to retrofit autonomous hardware on industrial vehicles such as forklifts, wheel loaders, and diggers. You will install a full hardware stack—electrical, mechanical, and CAN—adapting our platform to diverse machine models and ensuring all systems communicate reliably.

As a hands-on, multi-skilled builder with 4+ years in automotive, robotics, or heavy machinery, you will run wiring, perform integration checks, and support

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
3–8 years of experience in vehicle integration or related roles.
Experience retrofitting autonomous hardware on industrial vehicles is preferred.

Responsibilities

Adapt platform hardware (power distribution, sensors, compute) to fit each machine model.
Install wiring harnesses, sensors, connectors, and actuators and verify CAN/J1939 integrity.
Visit customer sites to scope retrofit needs and lead installation, commissioning, and testing.
Troubleshoot integration across electrical, mechanical, and software layers and request design changes as needed.
Record issues and lessons learned to improve retrofit kits and deployment playbooks.

Skills

Electrical

Mechanical

Robotics

CAN/J1939

Autonomy platforms

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

ECU programming

Wiring harness fabrication

CAN bus analysis

Job description

As a hands-on, multi-skilled builder with 4+ years in automotive, robotics, or heavy machinery, you will run wiring, perform integration checks, and support

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