Senior Engineer, Autonomy (R5710)

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Autonomy Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, task & motion planning and controls.

• Design and implement autonomous behaviours for uncrewed aircraft.

• Work with real sensor data and build robust sensor fusion solutions.

• Develop and test autonomy systems in high-fidelity software and hardware in-the-loop simulations.

• Integrate Shield AI autonomy products together with third-party aircraft and systems.

• Collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.

• Contribute to architecture, code quality, design reviews and best practices.

• Lead and Mentor junior engineers

Required Qualifications

• A tertiary level qualification in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics or a related field

• Significant professional experience in robotics, autonomy, perception or aerospace systems

• Strong experience in modern C++

• Significant experience in building and delivering reliable software systems, ideally in fast-paced environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with uncrewed systems, especially in the air domain

• Defence industry experience

• Significant experience in one or more of the following domains:

• State Estimation

• Real-Time Systems

• Guidance, Navigation and Control

• Path Planning