Technical Lead – Autonomous & Unmanned Systems

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

📋 Description

• Lead the technical team and oversee the technical foundation of the Autonomous and Unmanned Systems Domain, providing mentorship and fostering growth for software and DevSecOps engineers.

• Take ownership of architectural decisions that align with secure software development, application security, and CI/CD best practices.

• Articulate technical priorities to product management while managing technical complexities, scalability, and maintainability.

• Ensure a unified architecture across capabilities and facilitate integration with the common platform baseline.

• Translate operational requirements into product functionalities that align with mission objectives.

• Act as a technical leader in software, communications, and platform technologies.

• Develop interfaces for individual assets and fleets of autonomous and unmanned systems.

• Create and implement data-rich user interfaces that reflect the real-time state of distributed systems.

• Design workflows for deploying, updating, and monitoring systems in edge, remote, and disconnected environments.

• Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs, platform services, and communication technologies.

• Collaborate with UX teams to deliver intuitive user experiences for complex system behaviors.

• Establish unit, integration, and user acceptance testing strategies.

• Define technical roadmaps in collaboration with customers and product stakeholders.

• Assess technologies and products for mission capability, architecture, and security implications.

• Support customer integrations, demonstrations, testing events, and operational exercises.

• Communicate and operate effectively in an asynchronous, fully remote setting.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading technical teams that develop complex software systems.

• Expertise in resolving highly technical issues across diverse knowledge areas.

• Hands-on technical proficiency in at least two fields: autonomous/unmanned systems; tactical-edge networking; distributed systems; container and software supply chain tooling.

• Familiarity with ROS2/DDS, MAVLink, CoT/TAK, and at least one interoperability standard: STANAG 4586/4817, JAUS, Link16/TADL-J, OMS/UCI, or MOSA/SOSA.

• Experience in leading remote engineering teams within distributed organizations.

• Proven experience in defining technical roadmaps and collaborating with product management.

• Expertise in analyzing complex issues and implementing innovative solutions.

• Ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Capacity to work independently, manage competing priorities, and excel in a fully remote environment.

• U.S. Citizenship.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Special Operations processes and solutions, tactical communications/radio/edge networking integration, TAK Server, CoT schemas, ATAK plugins, edge AI hardware, DoD ATO systems, automated testing, Agile methodologies, Kubernetes, and an active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision.

• Premiums are 100% Company Paid.

• Health Savings Account.

• Life Insurance.

• Disability Insurance.

• 401k Retirement Plan.

• Company Stock Options.

• Home Office Budget.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO).

• Federal Holidays.

• One week for Thanksgiving.

• Two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Reimbursement for approved training/subscription costs.

• Conference support (travel, lodging, and fees).