Senior Autonomous Deployment & Release Lead

AeroVect; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is seeking a Deployment & Release Manager to ensure safe, reliable autonomous deployment of the AV fleet. You will own the process from design reviews to production rollout, coordinating with Safety & Systems and Engineering.

This role balances system-level oversight with subsystem detail, driving change management, maintaining fleet configuration, and ensuring zero-downtime software updates during peak hours.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or equivalent preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with developing and managing safety-critical autonomous deployments.
• Strong understanding of software development, system architecture, and cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage XFN teams to align on a unified process vision and deliver against it.
• Ability to articulate technical issues and solutions to all levels of the business, within and beyond the engineering communities.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the process to evaluate and approve deployments for defined Operational Design Domains (ODDs).
• Ensure that only the system and vehicles that have been verified, validated, and approved are deployed accordingly.
• Support the bringup process for new AVs, from receipt to commissioning to first autonomous missions.
• Own and drive the release process to evaluate and approve recurring SW updates, including gates, QA, etc.
• Partner with Engineering and Safety & Systems to verify that new software releases meet required criteria through simulation, closed course, shadow mode, and preliminary supervised testing before production rollout.
• Schedule and execute software updates to the fleet, ensuring zero downtime during peak operational hours while maintain 100% readiness for reversion protocols.
• Define, document, and maintain the chosen configuration for every vehicle type (e.g., components, firmware versions, system parameters, connectivity settings, etc.).
• Own and drive the change management process and lead the board that reviews all requested changes from the chosen configuration (e.g., swapping a sensor).
• Maintain documentation of all changes with supporting artifacts in compliance with regulator and customer needs

Skills

Software development

System architecture

Cloud infrastructure

Cross-functional leadership

Technical communication

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering/Mechatronics/Aerospace

MS in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/Aerospace Engineering

Job description

AeroVect is seeking a Deployment & Release Manager to ensure safe, reliable autonomous deployment of the AV fleet. You will own the process from design reviews to production rollout, coordinating with Safety & Systems and Engineering.

This role balances system-level oversight with subsystem detail, driving change management, maintaining fleet configuration, and ensuring zero-downtime software updates during peak hours.