SOFTWARE ENGINEER, AUTONOMY

Oureon Technologies, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Stock options

401(k)

Life and disability insurance

Free daily lunch and dinner

Snacks and drinks

Job summary

Oureon Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, Autonomy to design and implement the decision and control layer of our autonomy software.

You will build real-time, low-latency autonomy modules in Rust, focusing on motion planning, collision avoidance, and multi-agent coordination. You will collaborate with systems and platform engineers to ensure reliable performance across diverse hardware, simulation frameworks, and telemetry pipelines.

Qualifications

• Deep proficiency in Rust.
• Strong foundation in path planning, motion control, or optimization.
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time systems.
• Familiarity with data streaming and telemetry pipelines.
• Hands-on simulation, modeling, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the autonomy decision and control layer, including motion planning, trajectory generation, and collision/deconfliction logic.
• Build high-performance, low-latency autonomy modules in Rust.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for path planning, constraint-based optimization, and multi-agent coordination.
• Integrate autonomy components with real-time data, messaging, and telemetry systems (NATS JetStream, Redis, PostgreSQL).
• Implement robust state machines, control logic, and behavioral frameworks for autonomous execution.
• Collaborate with systems and platform engineers to ensure autonomy modules perform across hardware and environments.
• Contribute to simulation frameworks and testing infrastructure for validating autonomy behavior.

Skills

Rust

Path planning

Motion control

Optimization

Autonomy

Deconfliction

Multi-agent planning

Real-time systems

Concurrency

Architecture

HIL testing

Data streaming

Job description

We're seeking an exceptional Software Engineer, Autonomy to design and implement the decision and control layer at the core of Oureon's autonomy software. You'll be building the systems that make autonomous platforms intelligent — from real-time path planning and motion control to dynamic deconfliction and adaptive decision-making.

This role requires deep technical fluency in Rust and a strong grasp of control theory, optimization, and distributed systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and implement the autonomy decision and control layer, including motion planning, trajectory generation, and collision/deconfliction logic
• Build high-performance, low-latency autonomy modules in Rust
• Develop and optimize algorithms for path planning, constraint-based optimization, and multi-agent coordination
• Integrate autonomy components with our real-time data, messaging, and telemetry systems (NATS JetStream, Redis, PostgreSQL)
• Implement robust state machines, control logic, and behavioral frameworks for autonomous execution
• Collaborate closely with systems and platform engineers to ensure autonomy modules perform predictably across diverse hardware and environments
• Contribute to simulation frameworks and testing infrastructure for validating autonomy behavior
• Profile and tune real-time performance to meet operational constraints
• Participate in architectural reviews, ensuring autonomy systems align with overall platform goals

Technical Requirements

Required

• Deep proficiency in Rust
• Strong foundation in path planning, motion control, or optimization algorithms
• Understanding of autonomous avoidance, deconfliction, or multi-agent planning
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time systems
• Solid grasp of software architecture, concurrency, and systems performance
• Hands-on experience with simulation, modeling, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
• Familiarity with data streaming and telemetry pipelines

Preferred

• Background in robotics, UAVs, mobility, or aerospace autonomy
• Experience with sensor fusion, state estimation, or control feedback loops
• Knowledge of graph-based planning, search algorithms, or optimization solvers
• Familiarity with distributed systems and containerized microservice architectures
• Exposure to reinforcement learning, heuristic planners, or hybrid control approaches

Our Stack

Language

Rust

Core Systems

Infrastructure

WebSocket-based cloud messaging, containerized microservices

Simulation & Testing

Integration testing, autonomy simulation, performance benchmarking

What We're Looking For

We're after a builder — someone who doesn't just write algorithms but engineers autonomy systems that function reliably in the real world. This is a deeply technical role with real-world impact, where your work directly defines system behavior and performance.

You'll thrive in this role if you:

• Can translate theory into deployable, real-time autonomy software
• Think in terms of systems, control loops, and optimization under constraints
• Are relentless about performance, reliability, and correctness
• Want to define how modern autonomy is built, deployed, and scaled across platforms

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: 100% of premiums covered for employees, 80% for dependents
• Compensation: Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses
• Equity: Stock options offering real ownership in what you're building
• Retirement: 401(k) plan
• Insurance: Life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
• Perks: Free daily lunch and dinner, with snacks and drinks stocked in the office