Staff Robotics Software Engineer, CUAS

Responsibilities

• Own and lead Omen’s counter-UAS autonomy architecture from prototype through fielded software.
• Develop target tracking, perception integration, sensor fusion, intercept guidance, pursuit planning, and fire control software.
• Define and maintain interfaces among payload, vehicle, mission compute, sensors, and command systems, including timing and latency requirements.
• Build closed-loop simulation, plan and conduct flight-test and live-range campaigns, and lead root-cause analysis using field data.
• Own verification, validation, release and configuration control, requirements for SEIT and V&V engineers, and the sustainment path for fielded software.
• Lead multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring and building the team around the system.

Requirements

• 6+ years building software for robotic or autonomous systems, including at least one system carried from concept to field deployment.
• Strong engineering background in robotics, computer science, aerospace, electrical engineering, or a related area.
• Strong Rust or C++ for real-time and embedded systems, plus Python for tools and analysis.
• Deep experience with target tracking and sensor fusion, including state estimation, filtering, data association, and track quality.
• Experience with guidance, motion planning, or control for fast-moving vehicles and associated latency and bandwidth tradeoffs.
• Experience integrating and characterizing perception sensors in software and building closed-loop simulation for algorithm validation.
• Hands-on field-test experience covering planning, instrumentation, and data analysis.
• Experience as technical owner of a safety-critical autonomy system across requirements, architecture, verification, validation, and release.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring.
• Familiarity with US Export regulations as applied to weapon-system software.
• Preferred qualifications include fire-control or weapon software, counter-UAS, air-to-air autonomy, pursuit-evasion, reinforcement learning, game-theoretic methods, VTOL or rotorcraft autonomy, gimbal or turret pointing, ballistic solutions, safety standards, real-time operating systems, embedded Linux, ROS 2, DDS, Gazebo, Unreal, AirSim, and Monte Carlo engagement analysis.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Top-tier full-time benefits available at little to no cost to employees.
• Approximately 25% travel is required, with potential surges for test and demonstration events.