ALSO
Palo Alto, California
Job DescriptionJob Description About ALSO. We're ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We're a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient. The Role At Also, we're reimagining how people move through the world-starting with the ride itself. This role is a rare opportunity to lead the development of our end-to-end navigation experience from the ground up. As one of our earliest engineering hires, you'll shape the cloud, mobile, and on vehicle architecture that powers intelligent, vehicle-specific routing and real-time, on-vehicle navigation that doesn't exist in the market today. You'll collaborate closely with experts in firmware and mobile to bring a modern, thoughtful navigation solution to life. This is a greenfield opportunity: no legacy systems, no entrenched technical debt-just the chance to architect a clean, scalable system using best-in-class tools. You'll work in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment where decisions you make today will shape the product and user experience for years to come. What you will do Own the implementation of our flagship navigation experience, from routing to rendering. Integrate with external mapping/navigation APIs to power route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and rich map metadata. Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and product teams to define the navigation system interface between bike hardware, the mobile app, and cloud services. Design robust, low-latency APIs and cloud systems that handle location, routing logic, vehicle-specific optimizations, and data synchronization. Enable critical edge cases like offline fallback, route recalculation, device reconnects, and display rendering on constrained hardware. Work alongside the firmware engineer to define BLE protocols and vector graphic rendering constraints for the bike's microcontroller-powered display. Shape our engineering culture and development practices through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on leadership. What you bring Strong backend engineering experience in a production-grade environment, ideally using Golang and AWS. Proven ability to architect and ship complex systems in a fast-moving startup or 0 1 product environment. Deep understanding of real-time or near real-time system design-especially in latency-sensitive use cases. Extensive experience with mapping and navigation platforms and integration (e.g., Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, HERE, TomTom) Excellent technical judgment and a system design mindset that balances robustness, performance, and maintainability. Comfort working cross-functionally with firmware, mobile, and product stakeholders. Strong communication and documentation skills. Bonus: Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and/or hardware-software interfaces The salary for this position ranges from $165,000 to $210,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Why ALSO. We're passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you're headed. We're located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces. Together we're working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges. Perks and Benefits Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options. One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates. Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny. Flexible time off. 401(k) match.
Job DescriptionJob Description About ALSO. We're ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We're a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient. The Role At Also, we're reimagining how people move through the world-starting with the ride itself. This role is a rare opportunity to lead the development of our end-to-end navigation experience from the ground up. As one of our earliest engineering hires, you'll shape the cloud, mobile, and on vehicle architecture that powers intelligent, vehicle-specific routing and real-time, on-vehicle navigation that doesn't exist in the market today. You'll collaborate closely with experts in firmware and mobile to bring a modern, thoughtful navigation solution to life. This is a greenfield opportunity: no legacy systems, no entrenched technical debt-just the chance to architect a clean, scalable system using best-in-class tools. You'll work in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment where decisions you make today will shape the product and user experience for years to come. What you will do Own the implementation of our flagship navigation experience, from routing to rendering. Integrate with external mapping/navigation APIs to power route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and rich map metadata. Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and product teams to define the navigation system interface between bike hardware, the mobile app, and cloud services. Design robust, low-latency APIs and cloud systems that handle location, routing logic, vehicle-specific optimizations, and data synchronization. Enable critical edge cases like offline fallback, route recalculation, device reconnects, and display rendering on constrained hardware. Work alongside the firmware engineer to define BLE protocols and vector graphic rendering constraints for the bike's microcontroller-powered display. Shape our engineering culture and development practices through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on leadership. What you bring Strong backend engineering experience in a production-grade environment, ideally using Golang and AWS. Proven ability to architect and ship complex systems in a fast-moving startup or 0 1 product environment. Deep understanding of real-time or near real-time system design-especially in latency-sensitive use cases. Extensive experience with mapping and navigation platforms and integration (e.g., Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, HERE, TomTom) Excellent technical judgment and a system design mindset that balances robustness, performance, and maintainability. Comfort working cross-functionally with firmware, mobile, and product stakeholders. Strong communication and documentation skills. Bonus: Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and/or hardware-software interfaces The salary for this position ranges from $165,000 to $210,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Why ALSO. We're passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you're headed. We're located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces. Together we're working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges. Perks and Benefits Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options. One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates. Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny. Flexible time off. 401(k) match.
ALSO
Palo Alto, California
Job DescriptionJob Description About ALSO. We're ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We're a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient. As an Embedded OTA Validation & Tools Engineer own validation, automation, and operational readiness for firmware/software update delivery across our fleet of embedded devices. You will design and run validation test programs that ensure OTA updates are robust, secure, and reliable under real-world conditions - including intermittent networks, power faults, device restarts, and edge cases that matter to customers. You'll work closely with Firmware, Release, QA, and Cloud teams to close the loop from release to fleet health. What you'll do Design, implement and execute comprehensive OTA validation plans across device families and release types (full OS images, firmware, bootloader, A/B updates, delta/patch updates). Build, manage and scale automated testbeds and harnesses (hardware-in-the-loop, virtualized devices, emulators) to run regression, integration, and stress tests for OTA flows. Implement automation for end-to-end OTA pipelines (from build artifact signing and staging to rollout and post-update verification) using Python, shell, and CI tools. Validate update mechanisms and components: bootloader, update agent, package formats, rollbacks, A/B partitions, and recovery modes. Test update resilience under adverse conditions: intermittent networks (cellular/Wi-Fi), high latency/packet loss, power interruptions, low-battery scenarios, storage constraints, and corrupted images. Validate security properties: signing/verification, secure transport (TLS), secure boot, key management, and vulnerability surface introduced by update components. Define metrics and KPIs (success rate, rollback rate, mean time to recover, time-to-update), instrument devices and cloud backends to measure rollout health, and produce reports for release readiness. Perform root cause analysis on failed updates, reproduce field issues, and drive remediation with firmware and backend engineering teams. Maintain device lab hardware (JTAG, serial consoles, network emulators, power controllers, logic analyzers) and tooling stacks (Wireshark, serial monitors, provisioning fixtures). Contribute to OTA process improvements: staging strategies, canary rollouts, rollback thresholds, risk assessment templates, and runbook documentation. Required qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of hands-on experience validating embedded devices and firmware updates (OTA or similar). Strong programming/scripting ability in Python and familiarity with C/C++ for embedded debugging. Deep understanding of embedded platforms (embedded Linux and/or RTOS), bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), partition schemes, and A/B update models. Practical experience with building automated test harnesses and integrating tests into CI pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.). Experience with hardware debugging tools and workflows: serial/UART, JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, power cycling rigs. Familiarity with networking protocols used for OTA (HTTP(S), MQTT, CoAP) and wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, cellular, BLE). Experience analyzing logs, packet captures, and device telemetry to diagnose update failures. Strong debugging skills and methodical problem solving; able to reproduce complex failure modes and propose design fixes. Excellent communication skills - able to write clear test plans, runbooks, and postmortems. Preferred skills Experience with cloud OTA platforms and services: AWS IoT Device Management, Mender, Azure IoT, Google Cloud IoT, or custom fleet management systems. Knowledge of secure update practices: code signing, public key infrastructure (PKI), TPM/secure element integration, secure boot implementations. Experience with CAN/LIN, automotive-grade validation, or industrial protocols for fleeted devices. Familiarity with containerization/virtualization for test environments (Docker, QEMU). Experience with large-scale rollout strategies (canary/capacity ramping, staged rollouts, feature flags). Firmware build systems and OS build frameworks (Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Buildroot). Prior experience with telemetry frameworks and analytics (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK). The salary for this position ranges from $140,000-$170,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Why ALSO. We're passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you're headed. We're located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces. Together we're working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges. Perks and Benefits Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options. One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates. Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny. Flexible time off. 401(k) match.
Job DescriptionJob Description About ALSO. We're ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We're a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient. As an Embedded OTA Validation & Tools Engineer own validation, automation, and operational readiness for firmware/software update delivery across our fleet of embedded devices. You will design and run validation test programs that ensure OTA updates are robust, secure, and reliable under real-world conditions - including intermittent networks, power faults, device restarts, and edge cases that matter to customers. You'll work closely with Firmware, Release, QA, and Cloud teams to close the loop from release to fleet health. What you'll do Design, implement and execute comprehensive OTA validation plans across device families and release types (full OS images, firmware, bootloader, A/B updates, delta/patch updates). Build, manage and scale automated testbeds and harnesses (hardware-in-the-loop, virtualized devices, emulators) to run regression, integration, and stress tests for OTA flows. Implement automation for end-to-end OTA pipelines (from build artifact signing and staging to rollout and post-update verification) using Python, shell, and CI tools. Validate update mechanisms and components: bootloader, update agent, package formats, rollbacks, A/B partitions, and recovery modes. Test update resilience under adverse conditions: intermittent networks (cellular/Wi-Fi), high latency/packet loss, power interruptions, low-battery scenarios, storage constraints, and corrupted images. Validate security properties: signing/verification, secure transport (TLS), secure boot, key management, and vulnerability surface introduced by update components. Define metrics and KPIs (success rate, rollback rate, mean time to recover, time-to-update), instrument devices and cloud backends to measure rollout health, and produce reports for release readiness. Perform root cause analysis on failed updates, reproduce field issues, and drive remediation with firmware and backend engineering teams. Maintain device lab hardware (JTAG, serial consoles, network emulators, power controllers, logic analyzers) and tooling stacks (Wireshark, serial monitors, provisioning fixtures). Contribute to OTA process improvements: staging strategies, canary rollouts, rollback thresholds, risk assessment templates, and runbook documentation. Required qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of hands-on experience validating embedded devices and firmware updates (OTA or similar). Strong programming/scripting ability in Python and familiarity with C/C++ for embedded debugging. Deep understanding of embedded platforms (embedded Linux and/or RTOS), bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), partition schemes, and A/B update models. Practical experience with building automated test harnesses and integrating tests into CI pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.). Experience with hardware debugging tools and workflows: serial/UART, JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, power cycling rigs. Familiarity with networking protocols used for OTA (HTTP(S), MQTT, CoAP) and wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, cellular, BLE). Experience analyzing logs, packet captures, and device telemetry to diagnose update failures. Strong debugging skills and methodical problem solving; able to reproduce complex failure modes and propose design fixes. Excellent communication skills - able to write clear test plans, runbooks, and postmortems. Preferred skills Experience with cloud OTA platforms and services: AWS IoT Device Management, Mender, Azure IoT, Google Cloud IoT, or custom fleet management systems. Knowledge of secure update practices: code signing, public key infrastructure (PKI), TPM/secure element integration, secure boot implementations. Experience with CAN/LIN, automotive-grade validation, or industrial protocols for fleeted devices. Familiarity with containerization/virtualization for test environments (Docker, QEMU). Experience with large-scale rollout strategies (canary/capacity ramping, staged rollouts, feature flags). Firmware build systems and OS build frameworks (Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Buildroot). Prior experience with telemetry frameworks and analytics (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK). The salary for this position ranges from $140,000-$170,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Why ALSO. We're passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you're headed. We're located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces. Together we're working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges. Perks and Benefits Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options. One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates. Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny. Flexible time off. 401(k) match.