Autonomy Research Engineer

Dayton, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary:	UDRI is looking for an Autonomy Research Engineer to join the SPIRE group. You will contribute to a growing team responsible for cutting-edge technology and enhancing AI autonomy and data exploitation capabilities and effectiveness. An ideal candidate for this role will be excited at the prospect of technical research development and implementation of state of the art AI/ML techniques. The candidate will also enjoy a focus on the execution of these capabilities in challenging operationally relevant environments.
Minimum Qualifications:	1. Bachelors degree 2. Minimum of 8 years related work experience 3. Active US SECRET (or higher) clearance 4. Successful professional experience programming in Python or other similar language 5. Understanding and professional experience with current Air Force R&D efforts in the area of Artificial Intelligence Autonomy and Machine Learning with a focus on aerial combat 6. Professional experience with Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms and the CoRL software environment 7. Professional experience with autonomous control systems 8. Professional experience with source code version control systems such as Git 9. Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government candidates for this position must be a U.S. citizen
Preferred Qualifications:	While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications the ideal candidate will bring many of the following: 1. Masters degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or Computer Science 2. Enthusiastic motived self-starting individual with a willingness to learn new skills. Examples of this include evaluating new AI/ML and autonomy capabilities; finding and fostering technical connections between projects and technologies 3. Demonstrated effective leadership and team management experience 4. Demonstrated effective ability to teach and mentor junior engineers 5. Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills
Special Instructions to Applicants:	To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.
Closing Statement:	Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms achieve fair outcomes and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.

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Position Summary:UDRI is looking for an Autonomy Research Engineer to join the SPIRE group. You will contribute to a growing team responsible for cutting-edge technology and enhancing AI autonomy and data exploitation capabilities and effectiveness. An ideal candidate for this role will be excited a...

Position Summary:	UDRI is looking for an Autonomy Research Engineer to join the SPIRE group. You will contribute to a growing team responsible for cutting-edge technology and enhancing AI autonomy and data exploitation capabilities and effectiveness. An ideal candidate for this role will be excited at the prospect of technical research development and implementation of state of the art AI/ML techniques. The candidate will also enjoy a focus on the execution of these capabilities in challenging operationally relevant environments.
Minimum Qualifications:	1. Bachelors degree 2. Minimum of 8 years related work experience 3. Active US SECRET (or higher) clearance 4. Successful professional experience programming in Python or other similar language 5. Understanding and professional experience with current Air Force R&D efforts in the area of Artificial Intelligence Autonomy and Machine Learning with a focus on aerial combat 6. Professional experience with Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms and the CoRL software environment 7. Professional experience with autonomous control systems 8. Professional experience with source code version control systems such as Git 9. Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government candidates for this position must be a U.S. citizen
Preferred Qualifications:	While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications the ideal candidate will bring many of the following: 1. Masters degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or Computer Science 2. Enthusiastic motived self-starting individual with a willingness to learn new skills. Examples of this include evaluating new AI/ML and autonomy capabilities; finding and fostering technical connections between projects and technologies 3. Demonstrated effective leadership and team management experience 4. Demonstrated effective ability to teach and mentor junior engineers 5. Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills
Special Instructions to Applicants:	To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.
Closing Statement:	Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms achieve fair outcomes and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.