Autonomy Engineer III — Flexible Schedule & Growth

Textron; Cockeysville (MD); On-site; USD 124,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Schedules

Education Assistance

Wellness Program

Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with

Job summary

Textron Systems is seeking a mid-level Autonomy Engineer to develop and integrate autonomous capabilities for defense systems across air, land, maritime, and weapons domains. You will work with software, hardware, controls, robotics, navigation, and test teams, turning mission needs into implementable autonomy designs.

You will capture designs, define interfaces, decompose functions and support integration into real systems operating in relevant environments. A U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline related to autonomy/robotics or engineering.
• 4+ years developing, integrating, testing, evaluating autonomous or highly automated systems.
• Experience contributing to system/software architecture and interface definitions.
• Experience with sensing, perception, inference, state estimation, ML, planning, simulations, edge processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and realization of autonomous system capabilities through analysis, prototyping, design, integration, demonstrations and formal test activities.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies for product designs and roadmaps.
• Translate mission objectives into autonomy functions, performance measures and requirements.
• Conduct trade studies, experiments, modeling/simulation, and prototype assessments.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, robotics, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Tools

ROS 2

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C++

Rust

JavaScript/TypeScript

Gazebo

Unreal/Unity

Job description

Textron Systems is seeking a mid-level Autonomy Engineer to develop and integrate autonomous capabilities for defense systems across air, land, maritime, and weapons domains. You will work with software, hardware, controls, robotics, navigation, and test teams, turning mission needs into implementable autonomy designs.

You will capture designs, define interfaces, decompose functions and support integration into real systems operating in relevant environments. A U.S.