Jobs at AeroVect

Develop and maintain behavior-planning systems for autonomous vehicles operating in structured, low-speed airport environments. Responsibilities include designing planning algorithms, implementing scalable C++ and Python software, modeling multi-agent interactions, testing in simulation and real-world scenarios, optimizing performance and latency, documenting system designs, and collaborating with autonomy and engineering teams.

Designs and implements behavior planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles operating in structured, low-speed airport environments. Responsibilities include developing C++ and Python software, modeling multi-agent interactions, implementing decision-making and path-planning methods, testing in simulation and real-world scenarios, optimizing system performance, and collaborating with autonomy and engineering teams. The role requires expertise in behavior planning, probabilistic models, real-time navigation, debugging, profiling, and scalable software architecture.

Designs and implements behavior-planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles operating in structured airport environments. Responsibilities include developing C++ and Python software, modeling multi-agent interactions, implementing decision-making and path-planning methods, testing in simulation and real-world scenarios, optimizing performance, documenting systems, and collaborating with autonomy and engineering teams.

Lead verification and validation for safety-critical autonomous ground support vehicles across simulation, closed-course, and live airport environments. Develop test plans, execute manual and automated testing, analyze sensor and diagnostic data, investigate failures, validate fixes, and support release readiness. Build automation and reporting tools, maintain regression tracking, collaborate with autonomy and hardware teams, and mentor engineers in test-driven development.

Own the UX design vision for AeroVect’s autonomous ground support equipment service. Lead end-to-end design for fleet operations tools, including remote assistance, dispatch, monitoring, dashboards, reporting, and SLA visibility. Establish design standards and component libraries, conduct customer and operator research, and partner with Product, Engineering, Commercial, and Operations teams. Design high-information-density interfaces for real-time, safety-critical workflows and shape a scalable design function as the company’s first dedicated designer.

Architects and deploys multimodal 2D/3D object detection and tracking models using camera, LiDAR, and radar data. Owns perception data collection, dataset development, evaluation pipelines, production monitoring, and the perception system roadmap. The role also requires cross-functional leadership and mentoring junior engineers.

Source and recruit technical hardware talent for a rapidly scaling autonomy startup. Partner with founders and engineering leaders to understand hiring needs, develop sourcing strategies, build strong candidate pipelines, use creative outreach and networking methods, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience. The role requires recruiting expertise in hardware, with robotics or autonomy experience considered a bonus, plus familiarity with applicant tracking systems and fast-growing startups.

Source and recruit highly competitive technical talent in robotics, autonomy, and hardware. Partner with founders and engineering leaders to understand hiring needs, develop sourcing strategies, build strong candidate pipelines, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience. Use networking, events, marketing, and innovative sourcing techniques while supporting a rapidly scaling startup.

Source and recruit technical talent in robotics, autonomy, and hardware while building strong candidate pipelines. Partner with founders and engineering leaders to align sourcing strategies with hiring goals, use innovative outreach methods including networking and events, and help deliver a high-quality candidate experience in a fast-growing startup environment.

Own AeroVect’s content marketing from story development through publication. Write LinkedIn posts, founder communications, technical explainers, customer stories, and website content. Interview internal stakeholders, coordinate announcements with founders and external PR partners, manage editorial calendars and creative assets, secure approvals, and use engagement, website traffic, recruiting, and commercial feedback to improve results.

Own AeroVect’s content marketing by identifying internal stories, writing LinkedIn and website content, developing technical explainers and customer stories, coordinating announcements with founders and PR partners, managing editorial calendars and creative assets, and using audience engagement and website metrics to improve results.

Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of an Ubuntu/Linux platform powering autonomous ground vehicles. Build real-time OS images, optimize ROS 2 middleware, develop sensor and vehicle-interface drivers, maintain networking, implement observability, and improve CPU/GPU performance. Harden systems with security patches, secure boot, and OTA updates. Manage CI/CD for OS and driver packages, support field deployments, and document platform best practices.

Own day-to-day finance operations across US and Canadian entities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, collections, reconciliations, budget-versus-actual tracking, cash forecasting, board and investor reporting, tax administration, expense workflows, and month-end close coordination. The role also automates finance processes using AI tools and scripting while partnering with founders, budget owners, and external accountants.

Owns AeroVect’s on-prem garage infrastructure supporting autonomous vehicle operations. Responsibilities include configuring servers and networking equipment, deploying software to autonomous tractors and edge devices, building C++ and Python data-processing pipelines, managing vehicle telemetry and image ingestion, maintaining operator-facing tools, monitoring infrastructure reliability, and automating deployment and operational workflows. The role collaborates with cloud infrastructure teams and supports active airport deployments.

Owns safe deployment and release processes for autonomous ground support equipment and vehicle software. Responsibilities include approving deployments across operational design domains, commissioning new autonomous vehicles, managing software release gates and validation, scheduling fleet updates, maintaining vehicle configurations, leading change-control reviews, and documenting changes for regulators and customers. The role partners cross-functionally with Engineering, Safety, Systems, and Product teams to ensure reliable, data-driven, safety-critical operations.

Design and build production-grade mission, behavior, and motion planning systems for autonomous ground support vehicles operating in airport environments. Responsibilities include selecting algorithms, defining planning-stack architecture, prototyping optimization and search-based approaches, collaborating with perception, controls, localization, and systems teams, promoting functional safety practices, and mentoring engineers.

Own end-to-end delivery of AeroVect’s flagship Atlanta Airport autonomous vehicle program from planning through launch and steady-state operations. Drive schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, governance, stakeholder alignment, and launch readiness across Engineering, Systems, Safety, and Operations. Serve as the primary liaison between engineering and operations leadership, while helping establish TPM processes, tooling, templates, and cross-program standards.

Performs software and system safety analyses for autonomous vehicle platforms, including HARA, FMEA, FTA, STPA, freedom-from-interference, and code-level hazard evaluations. Derives and traces safety requirements, defines fail-safe mechanisms, reviews safety-critical C++ and Python code, supports safety-case development, and collaborates with robotics, hardware, systems, software, and test teams to verify compliance and enable airport deployment.

Seeking a Staff Cloud Software Engineer to architect and manage scalable cloud systems on AWS, improve security, and mentor engineers.

The Founding Associate will support AeroVect's sales and marketing efforts by creating customer-facing materials, managing contracts, updating the CRM, and facilitating customer communications throughout the sales cycle.