Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy
Senior autonomy engineer designing, testing, and integrating autonomous capabilities for uncrewed aircraft. The role requires strong modern C++ experience, substantial robotics or aerospace systems experience, and leadership of junior engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design and implement autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft.
- Work with real sensor data and build robust sensor fusion solutions.
- Develop and test autonomy systems in high-fidelity software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulations.
- Integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems.
- Collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Contribute to architecture, code quality, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Lead and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- Tertiary-level qualification in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, or a related field.
- Significant professional experience in robotics, autonomy, perception, or aerospace systems.
- Strong experience with modern C++.
- Significant experience building and delivering reliable software systems, ideally in fast-paced environments.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with uncrewed systems, especially airborne systems.
- Defence industry experience.
- Experience with state estimation, real-time systems, guidance, navigation and control, or path planning.
Skills
C++, Robotics, Autonomy, Perception, Sensor Fusion, Path Planning, State Estimation, Real-Time Systems, Guidance Navigation And Control, Software-In-The-Loop Simulation, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Systems Engineering
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