Position Overview:

Aurora has a 30-year history of applying autonomy and robotics to the development of advanced aircraft that extend the capabilities of the human operator. The Humans and Autonomy Research Engineer will participate in and lead new research and development programs at the intersection of humans and autonomous systems, collaborating with experts in artificial intelligence, robotics, aircraft design, and operations throughout Boeing and academia.

Specific Responsibilities:

* Conduct research and development in autonomous systems that extend human capability.

* Contribute to research proposals for government/DOD programs.

* Lead the specification, design, development, and integration of human-autonomy interaction on Aurora programs.

* Apply expertise in knowledge elicitation, systems engineering, human subjects testing, training programs, and procedures in support of developing new autonomous systems and methodologies.

* Develop designs, inform software requirements and support software architecture for innovative user interfaces for human interaction with robotics and autonomous systems.

* Present/organize for customer reports, conferences, workshops, invited sessions, and journal papers.

Minimum Requirements:

* M.S. or PhD in Aero/Astro, Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Humans and Autonomy; or equivalent experience.

* Expertise in some and working knowledge of most of the following: human-robot teaming, human-robot interaction, human factors, user-interface design, trust in autonomy, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

* Ability to design and implement software in at least one of the following languages: Python, C , C#, Java, iOS, or Android.

* Ability to design and implement hardware/software prototypes.

* Must be a US Person (US Citizen or US Permanent Resident/Green Card Holder).

Desired Requirements:

* Experience applying design and cognitive engineering principles to relevant aerospace problems.

* Experience with standard systems engineering practices (requirements definition, risk identification and management, fault tree generation, FMECA, etc.)

* Expertise in Commercial or Military UAV operations

* Active DOD clearance

Physical Requirements:

* Occasionally required to travel for reviews, customer meetings, etc.

* Occasionally required to work non-business hours to support experiments and travel to customer sites.