Engineer, Autonomous Systems Integration
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- San Diego, California, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- 10+ years
Senior technical leader responsible for integrating and testing Hivemind autonomy software on unmanned aircraft, robotic systems, and related hardware.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
- Serve as senior technical focal point for Hivemind integration and test readiness across unmanned aircraft, robotic systems, representative test vehicles, onboard compute, radios, sensors, payloads, and supporting ground equipment.
- Lead hands‑on integration and troubleshooting efforts spanning autonomy software, hardware, flight controllers, communications systems, networking, operator interfaces, and field operations.
- Partner with engineering, test, product, operations, field, and customer‑facing teams to evaluate new platforms and determine how they can best support Hivemind development, validation, training, demonstrations, and customer objectives.
- Help take systems from early concept or benchtop integration through representative test, field execution, and operationally relevant demonstrations.
- Provide senior‑level technical judgment on platform suitability, integration complexity, test readiness, risk, safety, maintainability, cost, availability, and customer value.
Requirements
- Nice to have: Hivemind
- Nice to have: autonomy SDKs
- Nice to have: autonomous aircraft systems
- Nice to have: robotics middleware