Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical execution of the on-vehicle autonomy team, owning capabilities like navigation, planning, control, behaviors, and safety logic for autonomous surface vessels.
- Define technical priorities, architecture, interfaces, and development standards for vehicle autonomy systems, guiding design decisions for reliability, safety, and performance.
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of autonomy, robotics, planning, and controls engineers, providing technical guidance through design/code reviews and test planning.
- Drive autonomy capabilities from concept through implementation, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, and deployment.
- Collaborate closely with perception, mission software, embedded systems, hardware, product, program, and field operations teams, translating mission needs into autonomy capabilities.
Benefits
- 401k
- Equity
- Gym Membership
- Health Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Remote Stipend
- Remote Work
- Unlimited PTO
Culture
InnovationIntegrityMission-DrivenOwnership Of All TasksServant LeadershipFast-PacedTeam LeadershipMentorship ProgramCross-Functional TeamsInclusive Hiring
Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
Regions: Us
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About HavocAI
Industry: defense technology
Size: startup
HavocAI is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy, building software-defined hardware for military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together. The company was founded in 2024 and focuses on optimizing mission performance and minimizing human risk.
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Equity: Equity Package
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