Maritime Test Engineer - Autonomous Systems
Core
Execute on-water test events for autonomous surface vehicles, operating systems, collecting data, and ensuring mission-proven capability in real-world maritime environments.
Role type
Senior IC maritime test engineer (autonomous systems)
Builds
Autonomous surface vehicle fleets for defense, automotive, and industrial applications
Domain
Maritime defense and autonomous robotics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
autonomous system testing, vessel operations, data collection and analysis, agile program management, technical writing, hardware-in-the-loop testing
Preferred skills
USV/UUV operations, marine electronics, RF communications, government test program support, military experience
Technologies
Atlassian Jira, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) systems
Responsibilities
Execute on-water test events aboard test and chase vessels, support pre-underway system checkouts and launch/recovery operations, operate and monitor autonomy systems during sorties, collect and analyze test data, document and triage system discrepancies, contribute to test plans and readiness reviews, author after action reports
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
