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Senior Autonomy Engineer

London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead design, development, and verification of high-performance autonomy solutions for the defense industry, focusing on perception and planning algorithms.

Role type

Senior Autonomy Engineer (Defense/Aerospace)

Builds

High-performance autonomy software and infrastructure for defense use cases

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Autonomous vehicle solutions development, end-to-end deep learning model development, system modeling, input pipelines, model evaluation, deployment, model optimization, C++ (fluent) or Python with intermediate C++

Preferred skills

Computer vision, NLP, robotics publications, drone/flight computer experience (PX4), system-in-the-loop model performance evaluation

Technologies

C++, Python, PX4

Responsibilities

Prototype, evaluate, refine, and deploy state-of-the-art ML algorithms; build software and infra foundation for behavior-specific ML development; collaborate with perception and planning engineers; translate requirements into technical solutions; train and mentor junior engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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