5h ago

Lead, Mission Autonomy

Atlanta, GA

$150,875-$204,125 / year

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full-timeleaddefense/aerospace

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll own mission autonomy capabilities within the Mission Management System for hypersonic aircraft, ensuring reliable behavior integration with vehicle and ground systems. You'll lead a team of engineers while remaining hands-on, driving end-to-end mission execution across ground and flight test campaigns. This role offers a chance to shape autonomous flight capabilities for defense applications.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Lead mission autonomy capabilities within MMS from design to flight readiness.
  • Develop mission-level decision-making and behavior sequencing integrated with VMS.
  • Define interfaces between MMS autonomy, VMS, avionics, sensors, and ground systems.
  • Own autonomy integration testing and validation for ground and flight tests.

📋 Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years experience with autonomy, mission systems, or avionics software.
  • Experience integrating mission-level software within system-of-systems architecture.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical execution across multidisciplinary teams.
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