Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Full-time · Senior
- 5+ years
The Autonomous Pilot Integration team builds autonomy solutions for small, often air- or ground-launched platforms that operate in multi-agent fleets and frequently in disconnected or air-gapped environments.
Responsibilities
- Develop and integrate autonomy software solutions onto launched effects platforms, including payload computer bring-up, autopilot integration (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot), multi-agent coordination, and deployment to disconnected or air-gapped environments.
- Own major features from software-in-the-loop through live flight testing and operational deployment.
- Own major features or subsystems; drive technical execution, contribute to design decisions, mentor teammates, and help deliver complex autonomy capabilities.
- Partner closely with the Autonomy Capabilities team, the Perception team, feature crews, autopilot vendors (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot), C2 providers, and customer/contractor partners to deliver integrated autonomy capabilities.
- Contribute to design reviews, ICDs, integration planning, and post-mortems while helping improve engineering rigor and cross-team execution.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nice to have: launched effects