Flight Autonomy Engineer: Shape Autonomous Flight

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Job summary

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

This hands-on role requires ownership of complex problems from design to flight testing and integration, influencing how aircraft navigate and execute missions with higher autonomy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Strong proficiency with modern C++, including experience developing production‑quality software.
• Strong general software‑engineering fundamentals, including software architecture, debugging, testing, and performance‑conscious development.
• Experience developing software for unmanned aircraft, autonomous vehicles, robotics, spacecraft, or other autonomous systems.
• Experience with guidance and control algorithms, control loops, trajectory generation, or vehicle guidance software.
• Experience developing or integrating flight or mission‑autonomy capabilities.
• Experience developing or integrating navigation systems, sensors, or state‑estimation solutions.
• Ability to work effectively across software, GNC, simulation, systems, operations, and other engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to independently identify technical problems and drive them through resolution.
• Experience integrating complex software capabilities into larger vehicle or robotic‑system architectures.

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 the 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 RPA 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 environments where requirements and vehicle capabilities are rapidly evolving.

Skills

Modern C++

Production-quality software

Software architecture

Debugging

Testing

Performance-conscious development

Autonomy software

Guidance and control algorithms

Trajectory generation

Sensor fusion

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE/Robotics/Aerospace

Tools

Linux

Job description

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

This hands-on role requires ownership of complex problems from design to flight testing and integration, influencing how aircraft navigate and execute missions with higher autonomy