Senior Autonomy Solutions Architect – UAS & AI Systems

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Beavercreek (OH); On-site; USD 96,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) invites applications for a Staff Autonomy Integration and Test role in Dayton, OH.

You will spearhead the autonomy software integration, set technical direction, and lead a small team of integration test engineers on site to support customer deployments. The position requires strong software architecture experience, leadership, and the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline.
• Six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD.
• May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.

Responsibilities

• Lead vision, strategy, and technical direction and system architecture of autonomy projects.
• Lead small team of integration test engineers on site.
• Debug Autonomy Software System with limited supervision.
• Write and test software to support the integration of autonomy algorithms into aircraft or other robotic systems.
• Design and prototype autonomous systems and validate designs through experiments.
• Coordinate design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, testing, and integration.
• Interact with internal and external representatives to resolve technical and scheduling issues.
• Ensure technical leadership and excellence is maintained by planning and developing talent.
• Lead progress review sessions to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Identify engineering issues and develop software solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Prepare proposals, business plans, statements and budgets for contracts.
• Technical mentor to junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with laws and safety practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

C/C++

Python

Communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelors/Masters/PhD in CS or related field

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) invites applications for a Staff Autonomy Integration and Test role in Dayton, OH.

You will spearhead the autonomy software integration, set technical direction, and lead a small team of integration test engineers on site to support customer deployments. The position requires strong software architecture experience, leadership, and the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.