Mission Systems Lead - Thunder
Core
Lead the technical development and integration of mission systems for the Thunder autonomous tilt-rotor platform, ensuring interoperability with vehicle stacks and third-party payloads/weapons.
Role type
Senior engineering leader for autonomous aerial mission systems
Builds
Autonomous tilt-rotor platforms (Thunder) integrating mission autonomy, equipment, and payload systems for defense applications
Domain
Defense / Autonomous Aerial Systems / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Mission system architecture, weapon/payload integration, systems engineering, high-assurance safety-critical software, distributed software platforms, modeling and simulation, Python, C++, Rust, test suite development, MOSA/WOSA principles, MIL-STD-1760/1553 protocols, STANAG 4586/4671 standards
Preferred skills
Robotics, mechatronics, computer science, remote software troubleshooting, mentoring senior engineers
Technologies
Python, C++, Rust, MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-1553, STANAG 4586, STANAG 4671, MOSA, WOSA
Responsibilities
Define and own payload/weapon interface control documents (ICDs), drive architecture selection for robotic mission systems, lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams, drive development processes and lifecycle testing, support vehicle manufacturing and deployment, partner with airworthiness/certification stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
