Lead Autonomy Software Engineer

Lead Autonomy Software Engineer

The Lead Autonomy Software Engineer is a key technical contributor and small engineering team lead on multiple programs aligned with division and/or group objectives. Mission autonomy is the ability for autonomous agents or teams to conduct strategic decision-making and coordinated actions toward longer-term operational objectives through persistent world modeling, predictive simulation, and adaptive planning under uncertainty and adversarial conditions.

Essential Functions

• Lead a team to develop innovative solutions to address technical challenges derived from customer requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in emerging mission autonomy technologies.
• Support or lead marketing and proposal efforts in mission autonomy.
• Support or lead managing and tasking team to achieve program milestones.
• Take primary responsibility for prime and customer-facing interactions.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in mission autonomy and other areas relevant to Scientific Systems.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to advance R&D roadmaps
• The role does require the ability to sit or stand at a desk and work on a computer for prolonged periods of time.
• This role may require occasional travel when necessary.
• May require the ability to push/pull/lift up to 15 pounds.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US DOD Security Clearance.