Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398) at f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

Stand Up New Programs – Define the technical strategy for establishing autonomy on entirely new platforms and mission areas, determining what should be built, reused, or extended from existing Shield AI capabilities.
Navigate Ambiguity & Shifting Priorities – Lead engineering through evolving customer needs, changing priorities, and uncertain technical landscapes while maintaining execution and long-term technical vision.
Technical Strategy & Portfolio Leadership – Define long-term technical direction across Emerging Domains, establishing architecture, integration strategies, and engineering patterns that enable successful transition from R&D to operational programs.
Develop & Field Autonomy – Guide development and deployment of autonomy capabilities across space, maritime, contested logistics, and future emerging platforms while ensuring successful operational delivery.
Platform Team Partnerships – Build deep technical partnerships with platform organizations and influence interface evolution, integration strategy, and long-term platform architecture.
Collaboration Across Teams & Partners – Influence architecture across Autonomy Capabilities, Perception, GCS, platform teams, engineering leadership, customer organizations, and external partners.
Design & Documentation – Lead architecture reviews, engineering standards, ICDs, and technical best practices across multiple organizations.
Pre-deployment Preparation – Guide release strategy, mission validation, and operational readiness across multiple emerging programs.
On-site Test & Mission Support – Provide senior technical leadership during critical demonstrations, operational exercises, and customer events where deep systems expertise is required.
Hardware/Software Debugging – Lead resolution of the organization's most challenging autonomy integration problems spanning software, hardware, embedded systems, and platform interfaces.
Mission Data & Debrief Support – Drive organizational learning from operational testing and shape future technical investments based on mission outcomes.
Continuous Improvement – Drive long-term improvements to engineering processes, developer experience, testing infrastructure, and integration workflows across the Emerging Domains portfolio.

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398)

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