Senior Autonomy Engineer

About the role

NODA AI is seeking a Senior Autonomy Engineer to design and implement the autonomy stack for adaptive multi-vehicle orchestration. The work focuses on mission planning, path generation, behavior execution, and task allocation across heterogeneous fleets.

NODA AI develops solutions for autonomous orchestration of unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space, with applications in defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors. The role connects AI reasoning frameworks, event-driven autonomy stacks, and distributed multi-agent systems to help ensure mission intent is reliably executed and adapted in real-world conditions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement autonomy modules, including path planning, task allocation, behavior trees, and reactive execution models.
• Develop and maintain the autonomy framework that integrates with orchestration.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a security clearance.
• Strong technical foundations in robotics, practical systems thinking, and a passion for delivering robust autonomy where reliability is non-negotiable.

Key facts

• Location: Austin, United States.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a security clearance are required.
• The role includes mission planning, path generation, behavior execution, and task allocation across heterogeneous fleets.
• The position involves up to 20% travel.