What you'll be doing

• Develop and adapt mission behavior, navigation, and decision-making logic for diverse defense platforms and missions
• Design and implement modular and reusable autonomy capabilities across different vehicle types and programs
• Integrate and deploy autonomy solutions onto embedded Linux and other hardware platforms, including sensor interfacing and data collection
• Conduct system-level setup, testing, and validation including software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) evaluations
• Support live flight testing of autonomy software on Group 1-5 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
• Troubleshoot complex software and integration issues to ensure high reliability and performance
• Collaborate with third-party UAS vendors and cross-functional teams to implement autonomy software on OEM and Applied hardware

Requirements

• BS or MS in Robotics, Computer Science, or related engineering field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with robotic systems including hardware, software, and integration
• Experience with modern C++ programming
• Experience developing autonomy behavior and decision-making logic such as behavior trees or state machines, and/or navigation algorithms
• Experience integrating autonomy/robotics products with Pixhawk autopilots (ArduPilot and/or PX4)
• Experience with communication buses and protocols including UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI/QSPI, I2C, Ethernet
• Experience developing in Docker and containerized deployment environments, and familiarity with Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu)
• Familiarity with real-time, edge computing, and safety-critical systems operating in SIL, HIL, test, and operational environments
• Excellent communication skills and a customer-oriented project delivery mindset
• General willingness to travel for company business and to customer sites
• Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred)