CDI - T2 HW/MW/SW Autonomy Systems Architect & Technical Authority M/F

CDI - T2 HW/MW/SW Autonomy Systems Architect & Technical Authority M/F

Key objective — Own the cross-layer T2 autonomy architecture from sensors and compute to middleware and field-proven autonomy behaviours.

Mission

Own the T2 architecture end to end across sensors, compute, middleware and autonomy software. The mission is to turn perception, localisation, navigation, planning and behaviour components into a robust, measurable field capability, compatible with the T1 command gate and usable by T3 for mission supervision.

• Define the T2 reference architecture across sensors, compute, robotics middleware, data interfaces and autonomy software.
• Own perception, sensor fusion, localisation, GNSS-denied navigation, planning and behaviour-management strategy.
• Arbitrate sensor/compute/middleware/software trade-offs against robustness, detectability, cost, latency and field maintainability.
• Set autonomy ODDs, KPIs, maturity gates and validation scenarios.
• Coordinate with T1 so autonomy remains bounded, explainable and rejectable when unsafe.
• Coordinate with T3 so mission supervision and operator awareness remain consistent under degraded links.

Skills

Hard Skills

• sensor fusion;
• planning;
• robotic middleware;
• simulation-to-field validation.

Soft Skills

• Technical leadership;
• field pragmatism;
• research-to-product judgment;
• systems thinking;
• resilience;
• constructive arbitration

Education & experience

10+ years in robotics/autonomy, autonomous vehicles, field robotics, perception/localisation/navigation or comparable deployable AI/robotics systems.

Success criteria after 12 months

T2 reference architecture baselined; sensor/compute strategy documented; ODDs and KPIs agreed; first field-capable perception/localisation/planning chain demonstrated; data-driven improvement loop operational.