Manager of Engineering, Autonomy Capabilities (R5412)

What you'll do

• Manage, hire, mentor, and develop a team of autonomy engineers while owning team health and delivery.
• Lead autonomy architecture and development, including motion planning, tactical behaviors, multi-agent coordination, track fusion, and target assignment.
• Oversee software quality, integration, and validation across software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, and live tests; collaborate with internal teams and defense customers.

What they ask for

• BS in a related technical field and at least 7 years of relevant experience; or 5 years with a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading and developing engineers and delivering a technical team or capability from design through integration, validation, and field delivery.
• Significant robotics or autonomous-systems experience and strong C++ proficiency developing production-quality real-time, robotics, or autonomy software.
• Experience with unmanned systems, autonomy simulation, and software- or hardware-in-the-loop testing; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET security clearance.

Nice to have

• Direct people-management experience, including performance management, hiring, feedback, and employee development.
• Experience with tactical defense autonomy, multi-agent coordination, platform integration, denied communications, interoperability standards, or defense customers.

Tools

C++, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, UCI, OMS

AI focus

Develops autonomy for unmanned platforms, including motion planning, tactical behaviors, multi-agent coordination, track fusion, perception-aware decision-making, and weapons- or sensor-target assignment.