Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)
Core
Lead technical delivery of complex autonomy capabilities for unmanned aircraft (V-BAT, X-BAT) operating in expeditionary environments for ISR, target acquisition, and multi-agent missions.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Autonomous Systems Integration)
Builds
Flight autonomy software, mission autonomy solutions, and hardware integration for unmanned aircraft platforms.
Domain
Defense technology, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), autonomous flight control.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Systems architecture, software-hardware integration, mission autonomy, flight-control interfaces, multi-agent systems, C2 interoperability, technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, engineering mentorship.
Preferred skills
Experience with open-systems standards, GCS integration, flight test support.
Technologies
HivemindSDK, ViDAR, ATR, GCS, C2 interfaces.
Responsibilities
Lead technical execution of autonomy capabilities from architecture through field deployment; drive integration of mission autonomy and payloads onto V-BAT and X-BAT; serve as primary technical partner to the Aircraft team; influence architecture and interface design across subsystems; lead design reviews and mentor engineers; drive release readiness for flight tests and customer demonstrations; improve integration workflows and testing infrastructure.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with significant mentorship and architectural influence.