Flight Autonomy Engineer — C++ for Unmanned Aircraft

Hermeus; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Year-end bonuses

Paid parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Office lunches

Breakroom stocked

Job summary

Hermeus is seeking an Autonomy Software Engineer to build flight autonomy capabilities for its supersonic vehicle fleet. You will develop software spanning guidance and control, mission autonomy, and navigation while collaborating with RPA pilots, GNC engineers, simulation engineers, and command‑and‑control teams.

This hands‑on role requires owning cross‑functional problems from design through integration and flight testing, directly influencing how the aircraft navigates, executes missions, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the listed engineering fields.
• Proficiency with modern C++, production-quality software.
• Strong software-engineering fundamentals: architecture, debugging, testing, and performance.
• Experience in unmanned aircraft, autonomous systems, or robotics.
• Experience with guidance and control algorithms and trajectory generation.
• Experience with flight or mission-autonomy capabilities.
• Experience with navigation systems, sensors, or state estimation.
• Ability to work across software, GNC, simulation, systems, and operations.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve technical problems independently.
• Experience integrating autonomy software into larger vehicle architectures.
• Linux-based embedded or real-time software experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop modern C++ software for flight autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control.
• Design and implement mission-autonomy behaviors and vehicle decision-making capabilities.
• Develop and integrate guidance and control loops for unmanned aircraft.
• Support integration, evaluation, and validation of navigation sensors and navigation solutions.
• Integrate autonomy capabilities into existing aircraft software architectures and command-and-control systems.
• Develop automated test suites, simulation scenarios, and utilities to verify autonomy performance and expected behavior.
• Work closely with GNC and simulation engineers to develop, test, and validate autonomy algorithms.
• Partner with pilots and flight-operations teams to define and execute the autonomy roadmap.
• Integrate autonomy software with vehicle systems, communications links, ground systems, and operator interfaces.
• Diagnose and resolve complex problems spanning autonomy software, vehicle dynamics, navigation, simulation, and command-and-control interfaces.
• Participate in software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, ground-test, and flight-test activities.
• Own technical problems from initial investigation through implementation, integration, testing, and operational use.
• Drive solutions across multidisciplinary teams in evolving environments.

Skills

Modern C++

Software fundamentals

Autonomous systems

Guidance & control

Flight autonomy

Navigation systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

System integration

Linux embedded/RTOS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering / Robotics

Tools

GNSS/INS sensors

Job description

Hermeus is seeking an Autonomy Software Engineer to build flight autonomy capabilities for its supersonic vehicle fleet. You will develop software spanning guidance and control, mission autonomy, and navigation while collaborating with RPA pilots, GNC engineers, simulation engineers, and command‑and‑control teams.

This hands‑on role requires owning cross‑functional problems from design through integration and flight testing, directly influencing how the aircraft navigates, executes missions, and