{"id":4281066,"url":"https://alion.io/job/gallatin-director-hardware-integration-engineering","title":"Director, Hardware Integration Engineering","company":{"id":673248,"name":"Gallatin","domain":"gallatin.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/gallatin","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":94,"open_postings":20,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.05,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":137,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["El Segundo, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":220000,"max":300000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":300000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Linux","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T19:42:11Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-13","last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T20:32:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"About Gallatin\nAt Gallatin, we are rebuilding logistics infrastructure for the national security missions of the United States and allied partners. We build AI systems that determine how logistics decisions are made - not just how they're executed. From factory to foxhole, we operate at the layer where data becomes decisions, and decisions make the advantage.\nAbout the Role\nWe're looking for our founding Director, Hardware Engineering to build and lead the team that takes Gallatin's software into the field. You'll own design of rugged edge compute, sensors and tactical communications; designed to work in harsh, disconnected, contested environments.\nYou'll build the hardware design and integration teams from the ground up, set the technical direction, and own the path from napkin sketch, to bench to fielded system. You'll work closely with our software, AI, and product leaders, and directly with operators during testing and exercises. When a system has to work in the field, you're the person accountable for making sure it does.\nWhat You'll Do\nBuild and Lead the Hardware Team\nHire, develop, and lead a team of hardware design and hardware integration engineers in El Segundo\n\nSet clear ownership, technical standards, and a high bar for the team\n\nGrow the function as Gallatin scales, from individual systems to a repeatable fielding capability\n\nOwn the Hardware Strategy\nDefine the hardware architecture and platform choices for edge compute, vehicle-mounted systems, and fielded kits\n\nMake the build, buy, and partner calls on hardware and vendors, and own the trade-offs\n\nPlan for the realities of fielding: size, weight, power, thermal, ruggedization, and supply chain\n\nGet Systems Fielded and Keep Them Working\nOwn integration from bench to deployment across sensors, radios, and tactical networks\n\nLead the team through field tests and exercises, and drive what breaks back into the system\n\nBuild repeatable processes for hardware configuration, test, deployment, and sustainment\n\nPartner Across the Company\nWork with software and AI leaders to surface hardware limits early and shape the roadmap\n\nPartner with security on accreditation for systems that touch classified networks\n\nSupport customer and program conversations as the technical owner for hardware\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n10+ years in hardware design, systems integration, and embedded engineering, including 3+ years leading engineering teams\n\nA track record of taking hardware systems from prototype to fielded, in production use\n\nDeep hands-on understanding of Linux-based edge systems, hardware interfaces, and networking\n\nExperience making hardware architecture and vendor decisions with real cost, schedule, and SWaP constraints\n\nAbility to hire and develop strong engineers in a fast-growing company\n\nBased in El Segundo, or willing to relocate\n\nU.S. citizenship and the willingness to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret clearance\n\nBonus Points\nActive Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance\n\nExperience designing and fielding systems for DOW, especially in DDIL or tactical edge environments\n\nFamiliarity with tactical radios, ATAK, or military communications systems\n\nExperience with RMF, ATO, or accreditation for classified systems\n\nStartup or early-stage defense tech experience building a team from scratch\n\nMilitary or operational experience working alongside end users in the field\n\nMission and Identity\nWe are building the system that enables faster, smarter logistics decisions in contested environments, and we're doing it with a team of seasoned entrepreneurs, operators, and technologists who have built and scaled solutions in this space before. We hold ourselves to an extremely high standard. We value clear thinking, direct communication, and the kind of ownership that doesn't stop until something actually works.\nOur mission is to create decision advantage when the stakes are the highest. If we succeed, the system doesn't just run; it gets smarter. We're not building AI for its own sake. We're building it because faster, smarter decisions in the most demanding environments on earth can't wait. If you want to work somewhere the stakes are real and the mission is urgent - you'll fit in here.\nWhy Gallatin?\nThe logistics infrastructure that supports America's warfighters and humanitarian disaster responders is overdue for transformation, and we are building it. From defense operations to disaster response, we're solving the hardest problems that keep missions moving when it matters most. Join a team where the mission is the point.\nCompensation\nGallatin offers competitive compensation commensurate with experience. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location. In addition to base salary, we offer a generous equity grant, full healthcare coverage, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and the perks of working in a high-caliber, mission-driven environment.\nGallatin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\nThis position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. 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