Senior Engineer (Autonomy and Motion Planning)

Join our Autonomy team in the UK as a Senior Engineer, where you will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into our products. You will be responsible for the architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of mission autonomy software throughout the entire product lifecycle. Your expertise in software and systems will be utilized to architect behaviors as scalable software subsystems, and you will collaborate with external teams to align on interfacing requirements.

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 with minimal human supervision.
• Experience with collaborative software development tools for version control, issue tracking, code reviews, and release management
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 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

Automated red force vs blue force tactics

• Motion planning across a variety of vehicle classes, kinematic constraints, and team compositions
• Weapons target assignment, Sensor target pairing, sensor-centric control laws
• Collision avoidance, geofencing, and safety-monitoring
• 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.)

Requirements

• Desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast paced, enthusiastic, and mission-centric environment
• 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

Proficient in production-level C++ software development

• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, set technical direction, and manage full project lifecycles from concept to deployment
• 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:
• Collaborative mission planning, behavior planning, synchronized teaming
• 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 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)

Preferred

• Experience with mission systems integration, and ideally, hands-on experience supporting integration events and/or flight demonstrations
• Experience with simulation tools and environments (e.g., AFSIM, NGTS) for testing and validation

Benefits

• This position offers excellent benefits, including medical coverage, paid parental leave, and competitive compensation.