Engineering Manager, Sensing & Mapping (R3122)

As a people manager, you will lead a high-performing team of multi-skilled autonomy developers, where you’ll:

• Collaborate closely with the product team to clarify and prioritize product requirements.
• Provide clear guidance on scope of work and set achievable goals for the development team.
• Optimize capacity allocation based on business needs to maximize team efficiency and impact.
• Establish a commitment-driven environment where the team can reliably deliver features that exceed customer expectations for the Hivemind product.
• In your role, you’ll also play a critical part in building organizational talent by partnering with talent acquisition throughout the hiring process (recruiting, resume screening, interviews, onboarding) and nurturing a culture of excellence by setting clear job expectations, engaging in performance reviews, and fostering continuous feedback. With a servant leadership mindset, you’ll support team members’ growth in skill development, career advancement, promotion planning, and employee recognition.

As a technical leader, you will:

• Generate feasible and inspiring roadmaps in collaboration with your team and broader org
• Set team direction to maximize value-delivery to the org and the product
• Resolve technical hurdles by serving as the informed and experienced voice in the room

What you'll do:

• Manage a team of 5 to 7 autonomy developers, splitting your time equally between leadership and hands-on development.
• Develop production-quality autonomy software in C++ for deployment on military platforms, ensuring code robustness, efficiency, and scalability.
• Provide technical leadership in the design and architecture of key perception framework components.
• Drive product roadmap execution by leading feature decomposition, capacity planning, and agile development processes.
• Balance rigor and speed in a fast-paced, collaborative, and continuous development environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a people manager overseeing a team of C++ developers.
• High proficiency in modern C++ and design patterns with a strong record in a core perception discipline (e.g., sensor characterization, sensor modeling, calibration, fusion, Image processing, Visual detection, tracking, SLAM) or another autonomy field.
• Experience across the full lifecycle of perception software development, testing, and deployment to edge computing environments.
• Familiarity with CI pipelines and automated testing frameworks for C++.
• Strong proficiency with Linux operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience delivering autonomy software (C++) to DoD customers.
• Familiarity with navigational sensors (IMU, GPS, barometers, magnetometers).
• Experience with GPS-denied navigation technologies.
• Understanding of EO/IR sensors and RF sensors.