Senior Robotics & Autonomy Engineer for Critical Missions

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); Sur place; USD 105 000 - 290 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in the Baltimore–Washington area seeks a Senior Robotics & Autonomous Systems Engineer to lead multidisciplinary teams through architecture, requirements, integration, testing, and transition of advanced autonomous systems. The role focuses on perception, planning, navigation, controls, and multi-agent coordination.

You will guide system architecture, perform technical analyses, and communicate with sponsors and leadership to shape

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a robotics/engineering discipline; minimum eight years of related professional experience.
• Experience leading technical teams through design, development, integration, and testing of complex autonomous systems.
• Experience developing and integrating robotic/autonomy systems, embedded systems, or mission-critical technologies.
• Proven ability to perform system-level trade studies, risk management, and performance analyses.
• Strong technical communication skills with sponsors and leadership; proficiency in Python/C++.

Responsabilités

• Lead multidisciplinary teams through architecture, requirements, integration, test, and transition of autonomous systems.
• Serve as technical lead or senior systems engineer on autonomy-focused development efforts.
• Develop system architectures, interface definitions, and requirements allocation across hardware, software, sensing, and autonomy subsystems.
• Conduct trade studies, design reviews, risk assessments, and performance analyses to inform program decisions.
• Oversee verification, validation, testing (including HWIL), and field experiments; guide autonomy capability development.

Connaissances

Leadership

Python

C++

System engineering

Technical communication

MBSE

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Aerospace, Computer Science or related field

Master's degree or Ph.D. in Robotics or related field

Outils

SysML

Digital Engineering

Description du poste

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in the Baltimore–Washington area seeks a Senior Robotics & Autonomous Systems Engineer to lead multidisciplinary teams through architecture, requirements, integration, testing, and transition of advanced autonomous systems. The role focuses on perception, planning, navigation, controls, and multi-agent coordination.

You will guide system architecture, perform technical analyses, and communicate with sponsors and leadership to shape