Chief Architect, Autonomous Warfare Systems

Advanced Automation

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 280,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan (Medical, Dental &amp

401k with matching

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Advanced Automation Corporation seeks an Autonomous Warfare Technical Director to lead the portfolio's technical direction across autonomous warfare hardware, software, and enabling technologies. The role ensures programs are credible, scalable, interoperable, and capable of transitioning from prototype to scaled production across air, ground, and maritime domains.

This senior role requires deep technical leadership, systems thinking, and experience delivering production-grade autonomous systems

Qualifications

Deep expertise in autonomy, robotics, AI or related fields.
Experience fielding production-grade autonomous systems.
U.S. citizenship and TS clearance eligibility; travel ~30%.

Responsibilities

Drive technical execution and shepherd portfolio programs through milestones and design reviews.
Advise programs from problem definition through testing, transition, and fielding.
Evaluate commercial systems for technical maturity, reliability, and interoperability.
Assess autonomy hardware and software stacks across sensing, planning, control, and compute.
Develop technical requirements, reference architectures, and test approaches.
Mentor technical staff and raise the portfolio's technical rigor.