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Senior Autonomy Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop flight autonomy capabilities, guidance, navigation, and control for Hermeus' supersonic vehicle fleet.

Role type

Senior IC autonomy software engineer (GNC)

Builds

Flight autonomy software, mission-autonomy behaviors, and vehicle decision-making capabilities for unmanned supersonic aircraft.

Domain

Defense aviation, unmanned aerial systems, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Modern C++, autonomous systems, guidance, navigation, control (GNC), software integration, automated testing, simulation

Preferred skills

Experience with unmanned aircraft, command-and-control systems, sensor integration

Technologies

C++, simulation environments, navigation sensors

Responsibilities

Develop modern C++ software for flight autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control; Design and implement mission-autonomy behaviors and vehicle decision-making capabilities; Develop and integrate guidance and control loops for unmanned aircraft; Support the integration, evaluation, and validation of navigation sensors and navigation solutions; Integrate autonomy capabilities into existing aircraft software architectures and command-and-control systems; Develop automated test suites, simulation scenarios, and utilities to verify autonomy performance; Work closely with GNC and simulation engineers to develop, test, and validate autonomy algorithms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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