Lead technical teams to develop and deploy advanced autonomy solutions on unmanned systems, overseeing architecture, design, development, risk mitigation, and product quality.
Responsibilities
Lead teams across autonomy, integration, and testing
Define and assign technical objectives and engineering decisions
Provide technical leadership and oversight across IRAD initiatives and government defense contracts
Requirements
BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
The Chief Engineer at Shield AI is responsible for solving complex technical challenges in deploying advanced autonomy solutions across collaborative combat aircraft programs.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Serve as the Chief Engineer on Shield AI projects focused on developing and deploying autonomy solutions for unmanned aircraft.
Lead a team responsible for advancing Hivemind Autonomy and shaping defense autonomy architectures.
Define and assign technical objectives, make key engineering decisions, and ensure the quality and completeness of all technical deliverables.
Provide technical leadership and oversight across both Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives and defense contracts.
Requirements
BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree
The Chief Engineer is responsible for solving complex technical challenges in deploying advanced autonomy solutions on unmanned weapon systems, serving as the chief authority on system architecture, design, development, and risk mitigation.
Responsibilities
Serve as the Chief Engineer on Shield AI projects focused on developing and deploying autonomy solutions for unmanned weapon systems.
Lead a team responsible for advancing Hivemind Autonomy and shaping defense autonomy architectures.
Define and assign technical objectives, make key engineering decisions, and ensure the quality and completeness of all technical deliverables.
Provide technical leadership and oversight across both Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives and defense contracts.
Lead the end-to-end management and continuous development of a global tax compliance platform serving 195+ countries and 6,000+ jurisdictions.
Locations (4)
Argentina
Brazil
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay
Compensation
Annual Salary Range: $2,021,800.00 - $2,695,700.00
Pay Basis: Monthly
The expected base salary range for this role varies by location and is expressed in local currency. The posted range reflects the anticipated hiring range for successful candidates at the time of hire, based on relevant job‑related skills, experience, geographic location, and business needs. Base pay offered to new hires may vary within the posted range depending on individual qualifications and market considerations.
The posted salary range reflects compensation at the time of hire. Employees may experience additional compensation growth over time through performance‑based increases, expanded responsibilities, role progression, or internal career opportunities, in accordance with company policies and local practices.
In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other elements of Vertex’s total compensation package, which may include participation in the Vertex Bonus Plan (VOB), a role‑specific sales commission or bonus, and/or equity grants, where applicable.
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*In all cases, compensation will comply with applicable local pay transparency and minimum wage requirements.
The Principal Software Quality Analyst will implement software quality standards across multiple programs, ensuring project and process control documentation is in accordance with contract requirements, planning, and company policies.
Perform process audits of software development processes to assure compliance to established policies, procedures, work instructions, and program specific plans.
Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation plans to assist program activities for processing software and materials into partially finished or finished products.
Collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place and followed.
Witness execution of software qualification and system acceptance tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedure and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure.
Participation in Risk Management process and support to team in identification of risks or opportunities.
Lead Software Architect supporting the E-7A mission team, developing next generation Open Mission Software (OMS) Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) Software for USAF aircraft and other airborne surveillance programs.
Compensation
Summary Pay Range: USD $171,700 - $232,300
Responsibilities
Leads design, development, and maintenance of software systems meeting stringent quality, safety, security, and certification standards
Collaborates with stakeholders to define system requirements and translate them into software requirements and models
Conducts and reviews software system-level analyses to identify risks, issues, and opportunities; leads mitigation efforts
Leads code reviews ensuring compliance with requirements and standards
Oversees test completion, verification processes, and issue resolution
Lead the integration of customer needs, human-centered design, HMI, selectable drive modes, ergonomics, and vehicle features across Ford Racing programs.
Compensation
This position is a salary grade 5 - 8 and ranges from $65,100 - $166,200.
Responsibilities
Provide customer-centric design direction for HMI layouts, driver interactions, selectable drive modes, feature behaviors, and vehicle settings
Translate customer insights, behaviors, and needs into vehicle-level requirements, measurable engineering targets, and differentiated user experiences
Collaborate with Design, Marketing, Customer Insights, Program, hardware, software, and other engineering teams to align feature content and system-level requirements with overall vehicle objectives
Lead human factors research, task analysis, usability evaluations, and customer testing to assess HMI, drive mode selection and feedback, feature discoverability, and overall ease of use
Lead customer experience reviews and validate vehicle functionality, usability, and intended driving experiences using analytical tools, prototypes, and physical vehicles
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Human Factors Engineering
Nice to have: understanding of performance vehicle customers
Nice to have: experience providing customer-centric design direction for vehicle interfaces