Director, Mission Autonomy

Skills

About the Role

You will lead the engineering organization responsible for the Mission Management Computer and its mission autonomy software. You will define technical strategy, oversee architecture and delivery, establish rigorous software development and release practices, and integrate embedded systems and AI-enabled functionality. You will manage engineering planning, staffing, technical risks, and release commitments while representing Mission Autonomy in technical and customer discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred
• 15+ years of experience developing complex software systems
• 7+ years of engineering leadership experience managing multiple engineering teams or engineering managers
• Experience delivering embedded, real-time, autonomous, or safety-critical products
• Experience leading software development from architecture through verification, integration, release, and operational deployment
• Experience integrating AI-powered autonomous stacks into operational products
• Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, configuration management, version control, static analysis, defect management, and controlled releases
• Experience with software architecture, embedded software integration, distributed systems, middleware, and hardware/software interfaces
• Experience recruiting, developing, and leading engineering teams
• Knowledge of software verification methodologies and hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Experience with software configuration management, build reproducibility, and release processes
• Working knowledge of C++ and Python
• Familiarity with aviation systems, airborne software, flight operations, or comparable safety-critical environments
• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future
• Pass background and reference checks

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, verification, and delivery of Mission Management Computer software and integrated systems
• Develop a long-term roadmap for Mission Autonomy capabilities
• Own the architecture and implementation of mission autonomy application software
• Establish disciplined software development practices, including traceability, reviews, coding standards, testing, continuous integration, defect management, and configuration control
• Own software verification strategies and execution across unit, integration, regression, performance, robustness, and hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Control software baselines, dependencies, AI model versions, build environments, release artifacts, and deployed configurations
• Integrate mission autonomy applications with embedded hardware, operating systems, drivers, middleware, and platform services
• Integrate trained and optimized AI models into the mission autonomy software architecture
• Collaborate on requirements implementation, system integration, and validation
• Lead, develop, and scale a multidisciplinary software engineering organization
• Own engineering planning, staffing, execution, technical risk management, and delivery commitments
• Represent Mission Autonomy in architecture reviews, technical decisions, customer engagements, and executive program discussions

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Catered lunches
• Snacks
• Beverages including coffee and tea
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• 401k with match
• Work/life integration