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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5339)

Boston, MA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop autonomy capabilities for USVs, UUVs, and cooperating UAVs to perform advanced single- and multi-agent teaming missions including search, localization, pursuit, and threat avoidance.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (autonomy/motion planning)

Builds

Autonomy software for unmanned maritime and aerial platforms

Domain

Defense technology, maritime operations, multi-agent systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

motion planning, localization, information fusion, optimization, control systems, software integration, safety constraints, COLREGS adherence, distributed task allocation

Preferred skills

heterogeneous multi-agent collaboration, real-world platform integration, mentoring

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Automate unmanned vehicle maneuvering with advanced motion planning and safety constraints; define fusion modalities and sensor requirements for localization; ensure run-time assurance and COLREGS adherence; develop distributed optimization for heterogeneous teaming

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentoring

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