Senior Autonomy Engineer

Responsibilities

• Prototype, evaluate, refine, and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and solutions for defense use cases.
• Build software and infrastructure foundations for behavior-specific machine learning development using Applied Intuition products.
• Collaborate with perception and planning engineers on cross-team initiatives.
• Work with product managers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Train and mentor junior engineers.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Test, debug, document, and continuously improve autonomy systems.
• Travel between company offices and to customer sites as needed.

Requirements

• Experience developing autonomous vehicle solutions for aerospace and defense.
• Experience with the end-to-end development cycle of deep learning models.
• Expertise in modeling, input pipelines, evaluation, deployment, and model optimization.
• 5+ years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
• Fluency in C++, or fluency in Python with intermediate experience in C++.
• Ability to hold UK Security Clearance; current or previous clearance is preferred.
• Strong communication, motivation, curiosity, and collaborative skills.

Nice to Have

• Publications in computer vision, natural language processing, or robotics.
• Experience with drones and flight computers such as PX4.
• Experience evaluating and improving system-in-the-loop model performance.

Benefits

• 25 days of paid vacation per year.
• £19 lunch budget and £19 dinner budget, plus free breakfast, snacks, and drinks in the office.
• Private medical insurance reimbursement of up to £300 per month.
• Life insurance and critical illness cover of up to £250 per month.
• Workplace pension with a 5% employer match.
• £795 annual learning and development budget.
• £475 annual fitness budget.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Generous parental leave above statutory requirements.