Integration Engineer

9 Mothers•Austin, TX

2d•$140,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

9 Mothers is hiring an Integration Engineer to connect our counter-drone platform with the broader ecosystem of systems our customers already run. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain integrations between our product and third-party enterprise and mission systems—most notably Command and Control (C2) platforms—so that our detection, tracking, and defeat capabilities plug cleanly into a customer's existing operational picture. You will own the full integration lifecycle: understanding partner and customer system interfaces, defining data and messaging contracts, building and testing the integration, and supporting it through deployment in the field. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, systems integration, and customer-facing technical work in a fast-moving defense startup environment.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience as an integration engineer, systems integration engineer, or similar role, integrating software products with external enterprise systems.
Strong working knowledge of APIs (REST/SOAP), messaging and pub/sub systems, data serialization formats (JSON, XML, Protobuf), and general middleware/integration patterns.
Proficient in at least one modern programming language commonly used for integration work (e.g., Python, Kotlin, C++, or C#), with the ability to read and write production-quality integration code.
Comfortable diagnosing issues across the network, application, and data layers when an integration isn’t behaving as expected—strong understanding of TCP/IP networking and system-level debugging.
Resourceful self-starter comfortable working directly with customers and partners, owning ambiguous integration problems end-to-end, and navigating shifting priorities in a fast-moving startup environment.
This position requires access to export-controlled information under ITAR. Only U.S. citizens are permitted.
Must be willing to submit a background check.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience integrating with Command and Control (C2) systems or other military mission systems, including familiarity with formats/protocols such as Cursor-on-Target, Link 16, VMF, STANAG (4586, TDL, etc), or TAK/ATAK
Familiarity with Android Studio (for ATAK development) and Visual Studio (for Windows-based C2 integration)
Experience working in a regulated, ITAR, CMMC, or compliance-bound defense environment, or prior experience at a defense contractor or with DoD customers
Experience working with radar, EO/IR, RF, or other sensor data, telemetry streams, or counter-UAS/counter-drone systems
Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain integrations between our counter-drone system and external platforms, including Command and Control (C2) systems, sensor networks, and other mission systems used by our customers and partners.
Develop and maintain APIs, data feeds, and messaging interfaces (REST, SOAP, pub/sub, and similar) that expose our system's detection, tracking, and status data to external platforms in a reliable, low-latency manner.
Implement and troubleshoot military and industry-standard data formats and messaging protocols (e.g., Cursor-on-Target, Link 16, VMF, TAK/ATAK, or comparable interoperability standards) as required by customer and partner systems.
Work directly with customers, partners, and internal engineering teams to gather integration requirements, define interface control documents (ICDs), and translate operational needs into technical specifications.
Build and execute integration test plans, including simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, to verify correctness, timing, and reliability of data exchange between systems before and during field deployment.
Support integration efforts during customer demonstrations, pilots, and field deployments, troubleshooting issues across the full stack—from our system, through the network, to the receiving platform.
Produce and maintain clear integration documentation, interface specifications, and runbooks for internal teams and external partners.