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Develop and deploy onboard swarm autonomy: perception, planning, control, multi-target tracking, inter-robot/C2 protocols, on-vehicle software integration, realistic UxS simulation, train and test ML-based target recognition, and electronics prototyping. Travel for test events up to 25%.

Lead customer-facing mission development for Legion command-and-control software: gather customer needs, drive productization and contracting, coordinate engineering, manage complex accounts, produce proposals and analysis, and scale mission execution across programs.

Design and build the Command & Control frontend and full-stack features for large heterogeneous UAV swarms. Develop distributed, real-time infrastructure tolerant of intermittent communications, implement UI concepts for telemetry, sensors, scheduling and data links, own features end-to-end, and maintain strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps practices.

Lead product strategy and roadmap for large-scale drone swarm command-and-control software. Author executable product requirements, own backlog and release process, run operator discovery, translate field feedback to roadmap, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and external partners to deliver mission-critical, hardware-integrated systems.

Build and maintain passive candidate pipelines for software engineering, product, and design roles in autonomy/defense. Source via LinkedIn, GitHub, conference lists, and niche communities; send personalized outreach, A/B test messaging, run initial screens, and keep ATS (Ashby) records. Track pipeline metrics, surface market intelligence, and contribute sourcing playbooks and Boolean libraries.

Design and maintain a scalable design system and refactor complex UIs for clarity. Conduct on-site operator discovery and structured usability testing. Prototype interaction patterns and improve information hierarchy for real-time, hardware-integrated command-and-control workflows. Collaborate with product and engineering to prioritize and implement designs, and clearly articulate design decisions to stakeholders.