Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363)
Core
Developing 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 Staff Engineer (Autonomy Capabilities)
Builds
Autonomy software for unmanned maritime and aerial platforms
Domain
Defense technology, Maritime autonomy, Multi-agent systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Motion planning, Localization and tracking, Safe maritime operations, Heterogeneous multi-agent collaboration, Control systems, Optimization, Information fusion, Software integration
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Automate unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and/or unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) maneuvering through advanced motion planning and adherence to safety constraints; Employ cutting edge approaches for passive and active localization by defining fusion modalities, sensor requirements, and observability-aware maneuvering capabilities; Keep vehicle safety as a central focus within autonomous behavior architectures to provide run-time assurance, ensure COLREGS adherence, and build operator trust; Develop distributed optimization and task allocation approaches for heterogeneous multi-agent collaboration.
Seniority
Senior Staff, technical leadership & mentorship