Senior Flight Autonomy Software Engineer

Hermeus; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Pet insurance

Stock options

401(k) plan

Bonuses

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Office lunches

Job summary

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company aiming to build the fastest aircraft through rapid iterative prototyping. We seek a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer to develop flight autonomy capabilities for our supersonic vehicle fleet.

You will own difficult cross-functional problems from design through flight testing, influencing navigation, missions, and interaction with operators. Strong modern C++ and hands-on experience with autonomous systems are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ and production-quality software.
• Experience in unmanned aircraft, autonomous systems, or robotics.
• Experience with guidance, control, and navigation algorithms.
• Ability to work across software, GNC, and simulation teams.
• Experience with vehicle autonomy and flight-testing.
• Ability to own technical problems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Develop modern C++ software for flight autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control.
• Design and implement mission-autonomy behaviors and vehicle decision-making.
• Develop and integrate guidance and control loops for unmanned aircraft.
• Support integration, evaluation, and validation of navigation sensors.
• Integrate autonomy into existing aircraft software architectures and command-and-control systems.
• Create automated tests, simulation scenarios, and utilities to verify autonomy.
• Collaborate with GNC and simulation engineers to test autonomy algorithms.
• Partner with pilots and operation teams to define the autonomy roadmap.
• Integrate autonomy software with vehicle systems, comms, and interfaces.
• Diagnose and resolve cross-domain problems in autonomy, dynamics, navigation.
• Participate in software-in-the-loop, HIL, ground and flight tests.
• Own technical problems from investigation to deployment.
• Drive solutions across multidisciplinary teams in evolving requirements.

Skills

Modern C++

Autonomous systems

Guidance & navigation

Cross-functional collaboration

Flight autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Linux

Embedded/RTOS

Sensor fusion

Job description

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company aiming to build the fastest aircraft through rapid iterative prototyping. We seek a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer to develop flight autonomy capabilities for our supersonic vehicle fleet.

You will own difficult cross-functional problems from design through flight testing, influencing navigation, missions, and interaction with operators. Strong modern C++ and hands-on experience with autonomous systems are essential.