Staff Software Engineer Autonomous Pilot Integration

You will develop, integrate, configure, validate, and field autonomy software for unmanned platforms. You will lead a small feature crew, define technical direction, manage interface contracts, support mission tests, troubleshoot hardware and software systems, analyze mission data, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate autonomy software for unmanned platforms
• Lead a feature crew or sub-program through design and delivery
• Define technical direction, break down work, and report progress
• Author and negotiate interface contracts
• Mentor engineers and onboard senior hires
• Drive design reviews, documentation, and post-mortems
• Build and validate mission-ready systems
• Support live tests, mission operations, and system troubleshooting
• Analyze mission data and reproduce issues in simulation
• Improve integration tools, processes, and deployment reliability
• Implement and validate command-and-control standards
• Interview and onboard engineers
• Travel to offices, customer sites, and integration and test events

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant engineering field or equivalent practical experience
• At least 7 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 5 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD
• C++ proficiency
• Experience with real-time or latency-sensitive systems
• Linux development, embedded systems, shell scripting, and system diagnostics experience
• Familiarity with DDS, message buses, or other autonomy and robotics middleware
• Experience supporting unmanned or autonomous-system field tests
• Experience with autonomy simulation environments
• Experience leading a small technical team or delivering a major capability
• Engineer mentoring experience
• Experience authoring or negotiating interface contracts or ICDs
• System performance troubleshooting and optimization skills
• Communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity