Manager, Autonomy Evaluation, Data & Test

What you'll do

• Define autonomy release criteria, performance metrics, coverage reporting, and exception reviews.
• Build and operate regression, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and autonomy data systems.
• Direct field testing and integration; hire, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team.

What they ask for

• 8+ years of engineering experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or defense autonomy, including 3+ years managing engineers.
• Directly led an evaluation, validation, metrics, or test-infrastructure function for a physical autonomous system; defined metrics and acceptance criteria and owned release-gating decisions.
• Built automated regression and CI infrastructure for robotics or autonomy software using Python and C++; experience with large-scale log and sensor data infrastructure and deterministic replay.
• Working knowledge of closed-loop simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, including embedded-compute timing; experience managing engineers across disciplines; relevant BS or MS degree.

Nice to have

• Built evaluation, simulation, or data infrastructure from the ground up; experience with machine-learning data pipelines and model evaluation.
• Experience supporting or leading flight tests and range operations; background in guidance, navigation and control, tracking, sensor fusion, or electro-optical and infrared perception.

Pay

$232,000 - $324,500 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, C++

AI focus

Evaluates drone autonomy software and builds its regression, simulation, data, and release-gating systems; may include machine-learning dataset pipelines and automated model evaluation.