The Role:

Work with the CAC group leadership to conceptualize, market, and help capture programs that enable the group to advance the state of the art through technology development. Assemble and lead tightly knit teams to design, develop, implement, and demonstrate advanced systems. Develop system architectures and implementation strategies for program technologies. Engage customers in problem definition, solution concept ideation, and concepts for integration into broader capability ecosystems. Work with a diverse set of customers and diverse set of problems, technology areas, and engineering teams. Conduct software solution architecture and design reviews as part of an agile development process. This position will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment - when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely.

Who You Are:

BS in engineering or related technical field with 15+ years' experience
Demonstrated expertise in autonomy system and algorithm development
Experience leading system and technology development teams
Proven understanding of multi-agent systems, collaborative operations, coordination and orchestration algorithms, distributed sense-making and control, and collaborative autonomy stacks
Proven understanding of motion planning, constraint optimization, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics.
Proven ability to lead moderate to large engineering teams (10-40 engineers) through complete Agile development lifecycle including task definition, delegation, and maintenance
Demonstrated experience in working with both internal leadership and external customers in the development and execution of technology and system development programs
Ability to obtain a Security Clearance, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government

Even Better:

MS or PhD in engineering or related technical field
Experience with artificial intelligence architectures and machine learning methods
Software development experience with Java, C++, Rust, Python
Experience with any of the following:
Programming for embedded and physical devices
MAVLINK or other C2 protocols
ROS
DevSecOps and CI/CD tool chains
Integration of complex software systems
Knowledge representation/ontologies
Active Security Clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $233,000-$320,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

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