Senior Staff Engineer (Autonomy and Motion Planning)

• Proficient in production-level C++ software development
• Desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast paced, enthusiastic, and mission-centric environment
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, set technical direction, and manage full project lifecycles from concept to deployment
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for an entire software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment, and evolution
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
• Experience with collaborative software development tools for version control, issue tracking, code reviews, and release management
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• 7+ years' experience in one or more of the following: software sub-system scheduling and integration, behavior planning, task and resource allocation, motion planning, optimization, or flight controls
• Experience across a breadth of technology readiness levels (TRLs) and demonstration of bridging concepts from research-grade to operationally ready
• Experience across a multitude of application areas, including but not limited to:
• Experience with mission systems integration, and ideally, hands-on experience supporting integration events and/or flight demonstrations
• Collaborative mission planning, behavior planning, synchronized teaming
• Automated red force vs blue force tactics
• Weapons target assignment, Sensor target pairing, sensor-centric control laws
• Motion planning across a variety of vehicle classes, kinematic constraints, and team compositions
• Experience in more than one operational effect (e.g., strike, air combat, surveillance, reconnaissance, etc.) and more than one associated domain (e.g., air, space, maritime, ground, etc.)
• Collision avoidance, geofencing, and safety-monitoring
• Experience with FOSS software that is commonly used in robotic systems (e.g., ROS, OMPL, optimization solvers, etc.)
• Familiarity with practical aspects of navigation and communications systems
• Experience with simulation tools and environments (e.g., AFSIM, NGTS) for testing and validation
• Experience across the product delivery lifecycle, from emerging opportunity through system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment
• Familiarity with systems engineering methodologies
• Familiarity with high-assurance software development processes (e.g., DO-178C or equivalent MIL-STD's)

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into products, acting as a technical lead and hands-on contributor.
• Drive the architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of mission autonomy software throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop tactical autonomy software to enable unmanned platforms to perform complex missions across various domains with minimal human supervision.