Principal AI Autonomy Systems Integrator – UAS, SWARMING, C2, EDGE AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Integrate autonomy stacks into UAS, multi-vehicle swarms, and robotic platforms.

• Develop real-time autonomy pipelines that encompass sensing, fusion, planning, and control.

• Optimize autonomy algorithms tailored for constrained edge environments.

• Construct data pipelines and semantic alignment layers utilizing reliable, structured data.

• Incorporate ontology-driven or schema-governed data models.

• Facilitate retrieval-grounded autonomous behaviors.

• Deploy AI/ML models and autonomy services to edge environments using K3s/RKE2, containers, and bare metal.

• Strengthen autonomy against degraded communications, GPS denial, electronic warfare threats, sensor loss, and variable latency.

• Implement synchronization between edge devices and enterprise/tactical nodes.

• Conduct field experiments with unmanned vehicles, swarms, multi-agent behaviors, and C2 workflows.

• Validate mission-thread performance across detection, tasking, coordination, and operator-in-the-loop behaviors.

• Integrate agent frameworks for planning, coordination, tasking, and interaction with mission tools and operators.

• Define safety gates, oversight mechanisms, and deterministic tool-use patterns.

• Support multi-agent cooperation through standard APIs and interoperable messaging.

• Integrate autonomous systems with tactical C2 platforms, data links, secure communications, and multi-domain workflows.

• Implement MOSA, SOSA, CMOSS, and open messaging protocols.

• Build end-to-end autonomy pipelines, from sensing to action execution.

• Deploy computer vision, tracking, SLAM, pattern-learning, anomaly detection, and cooperative-agent models.

• Integrate diverse sensors, radios, and payloads with autonomy decision loops.

• Troubleshoot autonomy software, embedded systems, edge clusters, and C2 interfaces.

• Translate mission challenges into executable autonomy behaviors and scenario-specific workflows.

• Train teams and mission personnel on configuration, safety, deployment, and best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• BA/BS degree or an equivalent qualification.

• Over 10 years of experience in unmanned systems, autonomy engineering, robotics integration, or embedded AI/ML deployment.

• Direct experience in integrating autonomy into UAS, drones, swarms, robotic vehicles, or comparable platforms.

• Strong proficiency in C++, Python, and real-time/embedded software patterns.

• Experience with motion planning, cooperative behaviors, obstacle avoidance, distributed coordination, sensor fusion, and real-time decision-making.

• Familiarity with ROS/ROS2, PX4/ArduPilot, MAVLink, and simulation tools like Gazebo and AirSim.

• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and JAX.

• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson, VPUs, ruggedized x86 nodes, and tactical accelerators.

• Proficient in Docker, Kubernetes (K3s/RKE2), GitLab CI, and ArgoCD.

• Knowledge of open architectures, modular interfaces, and secure API design.

• Experience in supporting C2 integration, tactical networks, and degraded-communication workflows.

• Understanding of ISR, counter-UAS, logistics autonomy, multi-agent coordination, and decision-support mission threads.

• Experience in designing resilient behavior under environmental, adversarial, and operational stressors.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Top Secret/SCI clearance is required to start.

• Willingness to travel 25–50%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, including those with Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options available.

• Vision plan options provided.

• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.

• Flexible work weeks where possible.

• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, personal days, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement, and jury duty.

• Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year.

• 10 paid holidays annually.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits available.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance included.

• Personal accident insurance provided.

• Critical illness insurance available.

• Business travel and accident insurance included.

• AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.

• Internal mobility team dedicated to supporting career goals.

• Opportunities for growth and professional development.

• Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.