AeroVect
Principal Engineer, Autonomy
$350K–$500K
South San Francisco - Hybrid +4 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco - Hybrid
New York City - Remote
Remote
Toronto - Remote
Seattle - Experience
- 15+ years of hands-on production autonomy experience.
About the job
Lead the technical direction and hands-on development of AeroVect’s autonomous ground-handling stack, with deep ownership of perception, prediction, and/or planning.
What you'll do
- Own and evolve one or more autonomy modules and guide their technical direction across the stack.
- Set autonomy architecture and coordinate interfaces with other autonomy engineers and neighboring teams.
- Ship production autonomy software for real vehicles and mentor senior engineers without managing a team.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of hands-on experience building production autonomy systems across multiple modules.
- Track record shipping autonomy components on real vehicles at non-trivial scale.
- Prior experience as the most senior individual contributor in an autonomy organization.
- Strong C++ and Python skills; modern deep-learning experience; experience with ROS / ROS 2 and on-vehicle distributed systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with safety-critical systems or standards such as ISO 26262, ISO 13849, or SOTIF.
- Experience in human-interactive or unstructured operating environments, or simulation-driven autonomy verification.
Pay
$350K – $500K (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, ROS, ROS 2, ISO 26262, ISO 13849, SOTIF, CI/CD
AI focus
Guide the use of deep learning in perception and learned components in planning; develop and deploy models for autonomy, including training, evaluation, and lifecycle management.
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