Senior Manager Autonomy

You will lead autonomy, integration, and testing teams while aligning technical work and resolving cross-functional challenges. You will shape autonomy architectures, assign objectives, make engineering decisions, ensure high-quality deliverables, and provide technical leadership for research initiatives and government defense contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead autonomy, integration, and testing teams
• Align technical efforts and resolve cross-functional challenges
• Lead a team advancing Hivemind and shaping autonomy architectures
• Define and assign technical objectives
• Make key engineering decisions and ensure complete, high-quality technical deliverables
• Provide technical leadership across research initiatives and government defense contracts

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of industry experience in autonomy or UxS platforms
• 7+ years delivering software into high-reliability production or certifiable environments
• 2+ years managing technical teams
• Deep proficiency in C++
• Understanding of guidance, navigation, and control
• Understanding of perception, estimation, planning, and controls across the robotics stack
• Understanding of software development and deployment processes
• Experience managing technical requirements, architectures, interface control documents, and system-level design documentation
• Experience as a customer-facing engineering leader supporting defense and internally funded programs
• Experience contributing to government contract proposals
• Leadership experience for teams of 6–20 engineers
• Fluent written and spoken English and Mandarin