Senior Autonomy Engineer

About the role

We're partnering with an innovative Defense company that is transforming the future of autonomous unmanned technology. This is an opportunity to secure cutting-edge autonomous platforms deployed across commercial, industrial, and defense environments.

Responsibilities

• Design robust path planning, navigation, and decision-making capabilities.
• Build localization solutions for GPS-denied environments using radar, cameras, sonar, and sensor fusion.
• Help develop a universal autonomy stack capable of operating vessels ranging from 3-foot autonomous craft to 300-foot commercial vessels.
• Design and improve behavior-based autonomy architectures for real-world deployment.
• Work closely with Controls, AI, Systems, Simulation, and Software Engineering teams to deliver production-ready autonomy.
• Test, validate, and optimize algorithms through simulation and on-vessel trials.

Requirements

• M.S. with 4+ years of industry experience, or PhD with 2+ years developing autonomy algorithms.
• Deep expertise in path planning, SLAM, and control theory.
• Strong understanding of sensor fusion, state estimation, Kalman Filters, and robotic perception.
• Strong C++ and Python development experience.
• Experience with ROS, MOOS-IvP, or similar robotics frameworks.
• Comfortable taking ownership of complex technical problems from concept through deployment with minimal direction.
• Experience developing autonomy for robotics, autonomous vehicles, maritime, aerospace, defense, or similar complex systems.

Nice to Have

• Multi-sensor localization using radar, vision, LiDAR, or sonar.
• Experience operating in GPS-denied or contested environments.
• Motion planning or autonomous navigation for large robotic platforms.

Pay

Base Salary - $180k-$200k (depending on experience)

Benefits

• Annual Bonus
• 401(k)
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave