Senior Autonomy Engineer, Archer

• Education & Experience: Advanced degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Computer Science, or Robotics, or a related field, featuring direct industry experience developing and deploying autonomy algorithms on fielded systems. (Ph.D. + 2 yrs / M.S. + 6 yrs / B.S. + 8 yrs)
• Languages & Embedded Execution: Production-level C++ experience for real-time, low-latency execution on embedded platforms, alongside strong Python proficiency for rapid prototyping, analytics, and C++/Python bindings
• Algorithms & Decision-Making: Proven track record designing and deploying path/motion planning, distributed coordination, and decision-making under uncertainty on physical hardware or HIL systems
• Data Processing & Logging Systems: Hands-on experience building high-throughput data logging, serialization, recording frameworks, and processing pipelines for embedded autonomy platforms
• Communications & Datalinks: Practical experience with wireless network protocols, custom datalink interface management, and designing multi-agent communication schemes under lossy, high-latency, or limited-bandwidth conditions
• Robotics Middleware: Deep hands-on production experience with ROS 2 infrastructure, including DDS middleware configuration, QoS tuning for low-bandwidth links, and custom message definition

Desirable

• Autonomous Algorithms & Planning: Design, implement, and mature real-time path/motion planning, mission planning, multi-platform coordination, and onboard decision-making algorithms for single- and multi-agent systems
• Data Pipelines, Logging & Infrastructure: Architect end-to-end data pipelines for high-rate sensor logging, telemetry recording, onboard data processing, and playback to support post-flight analytics, model training, and algorithmic regression testing
• Comms & Datalink Integration: Build and optimize resilient communication protocols and networking logic over bandwidth-constrained, high-latency, or lossy datalinks to enable reliable multi-agent coordination and command/control (C2)
• System Integration & Execution: Integrate planning algorithms, data pipelines, and comms layers directly with the broader embedded onboard software stack for real-time, low-latency execution
• Testing & Field Validation: Validate complex autonomous behaviors, datalink performance, and data pipelines across software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test rigs, and live field operations
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with perception, navigation, systems, and hardware teams to field robust autonomous platforms operating under real-world uncertainty
• Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications