Senior Director, Autonomous Systems & Defense Technology

Evolving Solution Services; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 205,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolving Solution Services in Mountain View, CA is seeking an Autonomous Warfare Technical Director to lead strategic development and integration of next-generation autonomous warfare capabilities for the DIU program. You will shape portfolio strategy, establish engineering standards, and mitigate risks across hardware and software ecosystems.

The role demands deep expertise in autonomy, robotics, and production-grade systems, with a track record of delivering complex programs. U.S.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in autonomy, robotics, AI, or related fields.
• Commercial or government experience developing autonomous or robotic products.
• Experience fielding production-grade systems outside controlled environments.
• Technical judgment across perception, planning, control, and data.
• Ability to define requirements, design tests, and analyze performance.
• Production engineering practices including CI/CD, cybersecurity, and sustainment.
• Ability to communicate with engineers, operators, and executives.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Possession or ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to travel roughly 30% of the time.
• Location: Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities

• Drives technical execution and ownership of engineering milestones and integration.
• Advise programs from problem definition through testing and fielding.
• Evaluate commercial systems for maturity, reliability, and relevance.
• Assess autonomy hardware/software stacks including sensing, planning, and control.
• Develop technical requirements, reference architectures, and test approaches.
• Ensure tests produce credible evidence on performance, safety, and interoperability.
• Provide SME across land, sea, air, cyber, and space robotics programs.

Skills

Autonomy & robotics

Production-grade systems

System integration

Technical judgment

Requirements & testing

Cybersecurity & sustainment

Communication to engineers & leaders

U.S. citizenship

TS/SCI eligibility

Travel 30%

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 10 years

Master’s degree + 7 years

High School diploma + 15 years

Job description

Evolving Solution Services in Mountain View, CA is seeking an Autonomous Warfare Technical Director to lead strategic development and integration of next-generation autonomous warfare capabilities for the DIU program. You will shape portfolio strategy, establish engineering standards, and mitigate risks across hardware and software ecosystems.

The role demands deep expertise in autonomy, robotics, and production-grade systems, with a track record of delivering complex programs. U.S.