Senior Manager, Autonomy (R5683)

About the role

Responsibilities

• Lead teams across autonomy, integration, and testing by aligning technical efforts, resolving cross-functional challenges, and driving mission-focused execution. Balance hands-on technical oversight with performance optimization, innovation, and clear stakeholder communication.
• Lead a team responsible for advancing Hivemind and shaping autonomy architectures.
• Define and assign technical objectives, make key engineering decisions, and ensure the quality and completeness of all technical deliverables.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight across both Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives and government defense contracts.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of industry experience in autonomy and/or UxS platforms (e.g., defense technology, autonomous vehicles)
• 7+ years delivering software into high-reliability production or certifiable environments
• 2+ years managing technical teams
• Deep proficiency in C++
• Understanding of guidance, navigation and control (GNC) (e.g., controls, estimation, planning)
• Understanding of the full robotics stack (e.g., perception, estimation, planning, controls)
• Understanding of software development processes and how to effectively deploy software
• Experience defining technical scope and managing technical requirements, product architectures, interface control documents (ICDs), and other system-level design documentation
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, applying a structured, scientific approach
• Experience as a customer-facing engineering leader supporting both defense and internally funded development programs
• Experience contributing to government contract proposals
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven leadership of teams of 6–20 engineers
• Fluent written and spoken English and Mandarin