Jobs at Allen Control Systems

Provide first-line IT support across hardware, software, and networking; manage help desk tickets and onboarding; configure devices, perform routine maintenance, document systems, assist vendors, and support compliance initiatives (CMMC Level 2, ITAR).

Owns AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, Terraform modules, networking, access controls, secrets management, deployment pipelines, reliability, performance, and incident response for a security-sensitive defense technology organization.

Systems Engineering Intern supporting autonomous defense systems through requirements definition, systems integration, verification planning, testing, engineering analysis, modeling, simulation, and margin or budget analysis. The role is an on-site summer internship in Austin, Texas, collaborating directly with mechanical, electrical, software, and controls engineers on Bullfrog counter-drone systems.

Leads computer vision, machine learning, and tracking teams while translating AI strategy into roadmaps, standards, and deliverables. Manages managers, mentors technical staff, coordinates cross-disciplinary engineering efforts, owns schedule execution, and drives integration risk resolution. Establishes model evaluation and reproducibility practices, reviews code, develops prototypes, and supports architecture decisions for real-time perception systems.

Build and integrate 3D assets, materials, shaders, animations, visual effects, tools, and content workflows in Unreal Engine 5. Collaborate with engineers and technical artists to develop real-time visual systems, automate pipelines with Blueprints and Python, investigate graphics and performance issues, and document technical decisions. The intern will contribute to projects involving Nanite, Lumen, Niagara, Chaos, and other real-time technologies.

Design and iterate user interfaces for Android, tablet, embedded, and internal applications. Create wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and high-fidelity designs for complex real-time systems. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to implement solutions, establish design systems, conduct usability testing, and refine products through feedback. The role involves touchscreen and controller interactions and spans the full product development cycle.

Own and secure on-premises and AWS network infrastructure for a defense technology organization. Design network segmentation, administer firewalls, troubleshoot complex multi-site issues, and maintain detailed network documentation. Partner with IT, security, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, compliant environments supporting regulated defense operations and organizational growth.

Electrical Engineering Interns will support the design and integration of electrical systems for autonomous defense hardware. Responsibilities may include circuit design, wire harnesses, interconnects, embedded hardware bring-up, power distribution, signal integrity, and hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes and multimeters. Interns will work onsite with experienced engineers during a 10–12 week summer program and contribute to systems intended for field deployment.

Summer 2027 intern supporting real-time computer vision and machine learning systems for autonomous counter-drone platforms. Responsibilities include detecting, tracking, and classifying aerial threats; generating training data; building data pipelines; optimizing models for NVIDIA Jetson embedded hardware; and experimenting with sensor fusion, tracking robustness, and field performance. The role involves hands-on collaboration with engineers developing deployed defense systems.

Software Engineering Intern developing software for autonomous defense systems, including sensor integration, computer vision, real-time control systems, embedded Linux applications, and internal engineering tools. Interns may contribute to full-stack or backend projects supporting engineering, manufacturing, and field operations. The role is an on-site, hands-on summer internship in Austin with direct mentorship and ownership of production-impacting work.

Define and manage system-level requirements, verification plans, and tradeoffs for autonomous weapon platforms. Work cross-functionally to ensure integration, traceability, verification closure, and technical risk mitigation across hardware and software.

Design and implement high-performance embedded motor-control firmware (C/C++) for BLDC/PMSM motors using deterministic control loops (PID, FOC). Debug motor control hardware, validate performance with lab equipment, optimize for latency and reliability, and collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems teams for hardware integration and field testing.

Design, implement, and optimize real-time 3D computer-vision multi-object tracking systems for robotics. Develop detection and tracking pipelines, train and deploy ML models, integrate perception on embedded/GPU hardware, and lead testing, evaluation, and deployment with strong software-engineering practices.

Develop and optimize real-time computer vision algorithms and ML models for drone detection, tracking, and classification; integrate CV systems with embedded hardware and sensors; test and harden systems for military-grade, safety-critical deployment.

Lead development and optimization of real-time computer vision and ML models for autonomous turret drone detection, tracking, and classification. Integrate algorithms with embedded hardware and sensors, conduct robust testing across environments, and harden prototypes to military-grade systems.

Define and execute system-level reliability and risk-based verification for autonomous weapon platforms. Plan and analyze environmental and performance tests, identify failure modes, lead root-cause investigations across hardware/software interfaces, track reliability growth, support requirements verification, and drive corrective actions and safety-informed system improvements.

Develop embedded C/C++ firmware for digital control of power electronics (DC-DC converters, voltage regulation, power distribution). Use SPICE and MATLAB/Simulink for modeling and validation, collaborate on hardware bring-up and lab debugging, and optimize efficiency, stability, and thermal performance through firmware and control algorithm improvements.

Lead and scale a manufacturing engineering team to design, build, and optimize production lines for ruggedized autonomous defense systems. Drive Lean and DFM initiatives, translate designs into SOPs, select manufacturing hardware, and manage the roadmap from prototype to full-scale deployment.