Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a newly-formed team focused on developing advanced autonomous systems for area defense. This role involves building state-of-the-art solutions combining sensors, effectors, and intelligent decision-making systems to protect civilian and military installations from a variety of threats, including drone attacks.

As a part of this team, you will contribute directly to the development of autonomous systems that integrate sensors (radar, cameras, RF, and other modalities) with real-time response actuation through effectors such as kinetic and non-kinetic systems or drone swarms. You will work alongside other experts in sensing, artificial intelligence, and systems engineering to shape solutions that redefine complex area defense scenarios.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems using modern technologies and methodologies.
• Develop algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sensors for real-time state estimation and threat detection.
• Build AI-driven systems capable of assessing threats and rapidly making decisions to deploy responses to those threats.
• Develop integrations with a range of sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
• Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems capable of functioning in high-stakes environments.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams, including robotics experts, hardware engineers, and system integrators, to deliver integrated solutions.

What We Value

• Proven experience in software development for autonomous systems, embedded systems, or robotics.
• Knowledge of AI/ML, sensor processing, or swarm behaviors is highly desirable.
• Ability to manage complexity, optimize for performance, and think critically under pressure.
• Experience deploying and maintaining robust production systems.

What We Require

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, or Java…