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Autonomy Lead

Leads end-to-end autonomy system for UAVs, owning perception, state estimation, planning, and ML integration to ensure reliable real-world missions. Requires hands-on experience deploying autonomy on robotic platforms, C++/Python proficiency, and leading small teams.

Austin, TXOtherOnsite

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Own the end-to-end autonomy system across perception, state estimation, planning, and system behavior
  • Define system architecture and make tradeoffs across performance, reliability, and complexity
  • Lead engineers and set technical direction for autonomy development
  • Work directly in the codebase on critical parts of the stack
  • Drive integration across GNC, hardware, and mission planning systems
  • Own how perception and ML models are developed, evaluated, and improved using real-world data
  • Drive dataset strategy, labeling, and iteration loops to improve system performance
  • Evaluate model performance in real-world conditions and close gaps between simulation and deployment
  • Define how autonomy is validated across simulation, ground testing, and flight testing
  • Debug real-world failures using flight data, logs, and system-level analysis
  • Identify gaps in the current system and drive changes needed for reliable deployment
  • Set execution standards for autonomy development and delivery

What You'll Bring

  • Owned autonomy systems that operated in the real world, not just simulation or research environments
  • Strong system-level understanding across perception, estimation, and planning, with depth in at least one area
  • Experience training, evaluating, or improving ML models used in real-world robotic or autonomy systems
  • Experience working with real-world datasets, labeling pipelines, and model iteration cycles
  • Experience taking at least one autonomy system from early development through real-world deployment and iteration
  • Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
  • Experience working across software, hardware, and flight or field operations
  • Ability to make practical tradeoffs under real constraints and deliver working systems
  • Experience leading engineers and driving technical direction
  • Experience debugging real-world autonomy failures using logs, telemetry, or flight data

Bonus Points If You Have

  • Experience with autonomous aircraft or aerial systems
  • Background in robotics, computer vision, or motion planning
  • Experience with real-time or embedded systems
  • Familiarity with ROS2 or similar robotics frameworks
  • Experience deploying ML models to resource-constrained or real-time systems

Skills

C++PythonRos2Machine LearningComputer VisionState EstimationMotion PlanningGncEmbedded SystemsRobotics Frameworks

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