Senior Autonomy Integration Lead (UAS)

Senior Autonomy Integration Lead (UAS)

KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for Senior Autonomy Integration Lead (UAS). The Senior Autonomy Integration Lead will serve as the primary technical interface between U.S. government customers, third-party autonomy technology providers, and the company's European engineering teams. The role is responsible for integrating, validating, and operationalizing autonomy hardware and software solutions within an existing UAS platform while ensuring mission performance, airworthiness, and operational requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integration of third-party autonomy systems, mission software, sensors, and edge-computing hardware into the UAS platform.
• Define system architecture, interfaces, and integration requirements between flight control systems, autonomy payloads, communications systems, and mission software.
• Evaluate compatibility between ArduPilot-based flight control systems and customer-specified autonomy solutions.
• Develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system requirements, and integration test procedures.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for U.S. government customers and autonomy technology providers.
• Translate customer operational requirements into engineering requirements for European development teams.
• Support technical interchange meetings, program reviews, demonstrations, and customer workshops.
• Manage autonomy-related requirements through the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Plan and support ground and flight testing of autonomy capabilities.
• Analyze flight-test results and coordinate corrective actions.
• Coordinate activities between U.S.-based stakeholders and European engineering teams.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Produce technical reports, integration documentation, and customer deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (minimum); Top Secret preferred.
• Strong systems engineering and integration background.
• Experience integrating autonomy payloads, mission systems, sensors, or edge-compute solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with government stakeholders and international engineering teams.
• Willingness to travel within the U.S. and internationally as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense autonomy programs.
• Familiarity with GRTI, SPOTR, or comparable autonomy frameworks.
• Experience with MAVLink, ROS/ROS2, DDS, autonomy middleware, and mission systems integration.
• Experience supporting operational testing, military exercises, or field demonstrations.
• Background working with SOCOM, Army UAS programs, DIU, AFWERX, DEVCOM, or defense prime contractors.
• Prior U.S. military experience in aviation, ISR, UAS, autonomy, mission systems, or related fields.
• Experience with ArduPilot, PX4, or military UAS flight-control systems.

Success Profile

• Acts as the technical bridge between government customers, autonomy technology providers, and European engineering teams.
• Understands both autonomy software and flight-control architectures sufficiently to guide integration efforts.
• Can define validation approaches, flight-test plans, and technical roadmaps for autonomy capability deployment.
• Provides credible technical leadership in customer-facing discussions while maintaining close coordination with engineering teams.