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Senior Systems Engineer

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define scope, requirements, interfaces, and verification plans for autonomous aircraft systems; lead integration, testing, and closure of workstreams to ensure product performance and safety.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (autonomous aircraft)

Builds

Autonomous long-range cargo aircraft (V2/V3) with hybrid-electric architecture

Domain

Aerospace + Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems engineering, requirements traceability, interface control, engineering trade studies, configuration management, verification and validation, technical decision-making, cross-team coordination, mentorship

Preferred skills

Autonomous aircraft integration, flight-control tools (ArduPilot, MAVLink, DroneCAN), safety analysis, failure-mode analysis, simulation development

Technologies

ArduPilot, MAVLink, DroneCAN, hybrid-electric systems

Responsibilities

Define workstream scope and acceptance criteria; resolve technical tradeoffs in architecture and interfaces; lead integration and verification across bench, simulation, and flight; investigate system anomalies and drive corrective actions; improve engineering standards and mentor team members

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