Remote Autonomy Software Engineer

Furtherium; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible location

Job summary

Furtherium is seeking a highly capable engineer to develop and verify autonomy systems for aircraft and autonomous platforms. The role covers onboard verification, flight-test data analysis, simulation tools, and system-level design, with close collaboration across flight test, simulation, and systems engineering.

Responsibilities include designing verification architectures, collecting and analyzing system data, building simulated sensors, and contributing to autonomy architecture decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience programming in Python and C or C++.
• Familiarity with sensor fusion methods, such as Kalman filters.
• Familiarity with computer vision methods, including visual odometry or visual SLAM.
• Practical engineering experience in planning, perception, and decision-making, including through university projects or coursework.
• Interest in aviation and the future of transportation.

Responsibilities

• Design verification architectures for onboard autonomy systems.
• Coordinate with flight-test engineers to collect and analyze system data.
• Build and maintain simulated sensors and behaviors with simulation engineers.
• Help define autonomy system architecture and subsystem requirements.
• Compare candidate technical approaches for specific autonomy functions.

Skills

Python programming

C/C++ programming

Sensor fusion

Kalman filters

Visual odometry/SLAM

Aviation interest

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE/AE or related

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Furtherium is seeking a highly capable engineer to develop and verify autonomy systems for aircraft and autonomous platforms. The role covers onboard verification, flight-test data analysis, simulation tools, and system-level design, with close collaboration across flight test, simulation, and systems engineering.

Responsibilities include designing verification architectures, collecting and analyzing system data, building simulated sensors, and contributing to autonomy architecture decisions.