Vision & Guidance Engineer for UAS

STI; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) Safe Harbor Retirement Plan and

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Job summary

Systems Technology Inc. (STI) seeks a Perception & Guidance Engineer - UAS to own the vision-based targeting and terminal guidance algorithms for next-generation counter-UAS platforms.

You will develop detection, tracking, state estimation, and guidance laws that translate visual data into flight commands. You will work with embedded and systems engineers to ensure real-time performance on constrained hardware, support hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing, and contribute to robust software

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of professional experience in computer vision, guidance/navigation algorithms, or related controls/estimation.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++ for algorithm development.
• Knowledge of detection, tracking, filtering (Kalman variants) and/or classical guidance laws.
• Strong problem-solving, analysis, and debugging skills.
• U.S. Person status required per ITAR due to export-controlled work.
• On-site position based in Hawthorne/Los Angeles, CA; remote work not available.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement detection and tracking algorithms for dual-camera, gimbal-free visual seeker systems.
• Develop state estimation for target position, velocity, and confidence from visual sensor data.
• Design and tune guidance laws for terminal-phase intercept.
• Work with embedded engineers to ensure algorithms run in real time on constrained flight hardware.
• Define and validate the interface between perception/guidance outputs and downstream flight control and mission systems.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop simulation to characterize algorithm performance before flight.
• Participate in flight testing, telemetry analysis, and post-flight debugging of guidance performance.
• Collaborate with GNC engineers to ensure guidance outputs are compatible with flight control system assumptions.
• Maintain code quality through version control, code review, and structured testing practices.

Skills

Python/C++ programming

Computer vision fundamentals

Guidance/navigation algorithms

Problem-solving

U.S. Person ITAR

Tools

Git

Job description

Systems Technology Inc. (STI) seeks a Perception & Guidance Engineer - UAS to own the vision-based targeting and terminal guidance algorithms for next-generation counter-UAS platforms.

You will develop detection, tracking, state estimation, and guidance laws that translate visual data into flight commands. You will work with embedded and systems engineers to ensure real-time performance on constrained hardware, support hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing, and contribute to robust software