Hybrid Autonomy Integration Engineer – Airborne Systems

at Hermeus

• Job title: Autonomy Integration Engineer – Airborne Systems
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $140,000 - $190,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Distributed Systems, Python, Rust, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Integration Engineer for autonomy software in high-speed aircraft manufacturing. Responsible for implementing and validating autonomy software within aircraft mission system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Integrating, implementing, and validating autonomy software within the aircraft’s mission system architecture.
• Writing, modifying, and reviewing mission system code; developing and validating Open Mission Systems (OMS) and Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI) services.
• Building Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and interface adapters; implementing autonomy state machines.
• Debugging system behaviors across simulation, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL), and flight test.
• Ensuring that all autonomy and VMS interactions comply with the aircraft’s Interface Control Document (ICD).
• Supporting mission planning and operator workflows through code integration.
• Collaborating with VMS engineers on control system integration.
• Supporting flight test and data analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field with a heavy software focus.
• 8+ years of professional experience developing software for autonomy, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), mission systems, robotics, embedded systems, or flight-critical applications.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, Python or similar languages; familiarity with Rust or modern safety-critical languages is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or integrating Open Mission Systems (OMS) and Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI) services, schemas, message sets, and software behaviors.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing autonomy state machines, behavior trees, trajectory planners, contingency modes, and control interfaces.
• Experience with Software-in-the-Loop (SITL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL), and large-scale simulation environments, including integration of compiled software, libraries, and service wrappers.
• Ability to read, interpret, and author Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Application Programming Interface (API) specifications, and subsystem software requirements with high technical accuracy.
• Experience writing API adapters, protocol brokers, message translators, and schema validators for distributed mission system software architectures.
• Familiarity with Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), control surface mapping, propulsion mode control, rate limits, and safety constraints for high-speed unmanned aircraft.
• Proficiency with software development tools including Git, continuous integration pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and debugging tools for distributed systems.
• Strong ability to analyze logs, traces, telemetry, and simulation data to diagnose and correct autonomy behavior issues.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including software developers, autonomy researchers, avionics engineers, ground control interface teams, and simulation/test personnel.
• Active Secret clearance required; Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) preferred.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health care
• 401k & Retirement Plans
• Unlimited PTO
• Weekly Paid Office Lunches
• Fully stocked breakrooms
• Stock Options
• Paid Parental Leave