About the role

What you’ll do

• Develop route planning, mission validation, and plan management software for autonomous aerial systems
• Own planning logic for autonomous aerial systems
• Design plan data interfaces between ground station and aircraft
• Move mission plans between ground station and aircraft

What you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience; professional experience in C++, Python, or both
• Experience with path planning or optimization algorithms, geospatial data, coordinate systems, and map projections
• Experience designing data formats and interfaces between software components, and with Linux development environments and version control
• Experience with MAVLink mission protocols, PX4/ArduPilot, GIS libraries (GDAL/PROJ), and ROS 2
• Experience with mission planning for UAS or other autonomous vehicles; should have built planning software executed by real vehicles and caught invalid plans before execution
• U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual); active or prior U.S. security clearance

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