Connected Vehicle Platform Engineer

Textron; Augusta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Textron Specialized Vehicles is seeking a Connected Vehicle Platform Engineer to own the cloud and IoT backbone of the vehicle’s autonomous system, ensuring scalability and production readiness.

You will design edge-to-cloud data architectures, build telemetry pipelines, and deploy ML infrastructure including SageMaker pipelines. The role includes CI/CD with Terraform, secure OTA updates, and fleet-management tooling for diagnostics and analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software or Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 2 years of relevant experience required.
• Python, C or similar programming languages required.

Responsibilities

• Own the cloud and IoT backbone of the vehicle’s autonomous system, scalable and production ready.
• Design edge-to-cloud data architectures for autonomous development and fleet operations.
• Build data pipelines for telemetry ingestion (Kinesis, S3, Lambda).
• Deploy and manage ML infrastructure (SageMaker pipelines, model registry, retraining workflows).
• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform). Enable data flow from vehicle to cloud to training and OTA deployment.
• Develop fleet-management tools for remote diagnostics, telemetry, health monitoring, and analytics.
• Establish data governance, retention, and security policies for connected vehicle systems.
• Support cybersecurity controls for connected vehicle and OTA infrastructure.
• Ensure ML training/deployment pipelines operate efficiently at scale.
• Deploy OTA updates securely and monitor system health, logging, and observability.

Skills

Real-time data pipelines

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Debugging

System reliability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software/Computer Engineering or IT

Tools

AWS IoT Core

IoT Greengrass

S3/Kinesis/Lambda

SageMaker

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Connected Vehicle Platform Engineer

Description

• Own the cloud and IoT backbone of the vehicle’s autonomous system, ensuring it is scalable, cost-efficient, and production ready.

• Design reliable edge-to-cloud data architectures supporting autonomous system development and fleet operations.

• Build data pipelines for Kinesis, S3, Lambda for telemetry ingestion.

• Deploy and manage ML infrastructure: SageMaker pipelines, model registry, retraining workflows.

• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform). Enable reliable data flow from vehicle to cloud to training pipeline to OTA deployment.

• Develop fleet-management tools supporting remote diagnostics, telemetry, health monitoring, and fleet analytics.

• Establish data governance, retention, and security policies for connected vehicle systems.

• Support implementation of cybersecurity controls for connected vehicle and OTA infrastructure.

• Ensure ML training and deployment pipelines operate efficiently and at scale.

• Deploy OTA updates securely and reliably to vehicles and monitor system health, logging, and observability.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Software or Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field required.

• Years of Experience: 2 years of relevant experience required.

• Software Knowledge: Python, C or similar programming languages required.

Additional Requirements

• Required Skills: Strong understanding of real-time data pipelines and distributed systems. Experience designing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Strong debugging and system reliability mindset.

• Preferred Skills: Experience with autonomous/connected vehicle development. MQTT and IoT-based communication systems. Experience with AWS cloud architecture (IoT Greengrass, IoT Core, S3, Kinesis, Lambda, SageMaker). MLOps pipelines (model training, deployment, monitoring). Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS). Data engineering workflows (ETL pipelines). Python or Node based Backend API Frameworks.

Travel Requirements

• ~10-15% travel as required to support fleet deployments, vehicle connectivity infrastructure, telemetry systems, cloud integration validation, and customer rollouts. Valid driver’s license required.

Open to considering remote work for this opportunity. Employees who are working in remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recruiting Company: Textron Specialized Vehicles Primary Location: US-Georgia-Augusta Job Function: Engineering Schedule: Full-time Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Type: Standard Shift: First Shift Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time Job Posting: 08/26/2026, 1:20:14 PM Job Number: 344644