Senior Principal Autonomy Engineer

Job Description:

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and development roadmap for autonomy capabilities combining RF sensing, perception, state estimation, sensor fusion, decision logic, guidance, navigation, and vehicle control
• Lead development and maturation of advanced radar and RF signal processing algorithms
• Serve as senior technical authority for autonomy and RF system performance
• Lead trade studies, requirements decisions, architecture reviews, algorithm reviews, and technical risk resolution
• Establish and govern end-to-end simulation, modeling, and verification approaches
• Lead cross-functional integration across autonomy, software, RF hardware, avionics, embedded computing, vehicle systems, flight sciences, systems engineering, test, and manufacturing
• Translate mission and vehicle needs into technical requirements, performance budgets, interface definitions, algorithm specifications, verification plans, and success criteria
• Guide real-time algorithm implementation in MATLAB, Python, C, C++, and DSP environments
• Lead technical engagement with customers, partners, suppliers, and executive stakeholders
• Mentor engineers, establish technical standards, recruit specialized talent, and improve algorithm development, systems engineering, modeling, verification, and test practices
• Influence investment decisions, technical proposals, and growth initiatives
• Define differentiated autonomy and RF capabilities and support customer-facing technical engagements

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• 15 or more years of professional experience in autonomy, radar, RF sensing, signal processing, guidance and navigation, sensor fusion, aerospace systems, robotics, or related complex technical fields
• Demonstrated technical leadership for architecture, development, integration, and fielding of advanced autonomous, RF sensing, radar, electronic warfare, avionics, aerospace, or defense systems
• Expert knowledge of radar and RF signal processing, including waveform design, adaptive processing, beamforming, direction finding, target detection and tracking, clutter modeling, interference mitigation, and performance assessment
• Experience developing and validating algorithms through high fidelity end-to-end simulation, including sensor models, RF environmental models, vehicle dynamics, 6 degree of freedom simulation, and operationally representative scenarios
• Experience translating mission needs into system and subsystem requirements, performance allocations, interface definitions, algorithm specifications, verification plans, and test objectives
• Substantial hands-on experience with MATLAB and Python, plus experience developing or transitioning algorithms into C, C++, real-time DSP, embedded computing, or hardware-accelerated environments
• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, driving design reviews, and resolving complex cross-functional technical issues
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence senior technical leaders, program leaders, external customers, and executive stakeholders
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
• Preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in a related technical field
• Preferred: Active U.S. Secret or higher security clearance

Benefits:

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees
• Full-time employees receive benefits
• Equal employment opportunity and disability accommodations