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Senior/Principal, Product Engineering - Autonomy

About the Job: TurbineOne is the frontline perception company. We deliver decision advantage, better situational awareness, and stronger force protection. The company is a small, fast-moving startup backed by DefenseTech venture capitalists with over $50M in funding. We raised a Series B and are valued at $300M. TurbineOne is actively deployed by every branch of the Department of Defense to solve critical missions.

Job Title: Senior/Principal, Product Engineering

• Reporting directly to the Product Engineering Manager
• Geographically flexible for home-office

Primary Responsibilities

• Deliver on capabilities for TurbineOne's autonomous vehicle focused efforts. Build out simulation infrastructure to behavior modeling.
• Act as a generalist in the uncrewed vehicle space while there is opportunity to specialize.
• Collaborate with Design and Product Management on feature design, delivery schedule, and trade-off decisions.
• Be a product owner — actively build and design, shaping the direction of TurbineOne's code and features.
• Understand the technical stack: Vue 3 client on a Golang server with a MongoDB storage layer; support multiple vehicle platforms across architectures and AI accelerators.

Desired Experience

• 5+ years in production or prototyping development roles.
• Experience with ROS or MAVLink (or another platform showing understanding of core vehicle software stack).
• Experience with API design and REST best practices.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, work across functions, and contribute to cross-functional efforts.
• Involvement in technical design reviews or similar processes.

Startup Culture Expectations

• Small, fully remote team; autonomy, trust and solid communication are essential.
• Comfort with constant change, moving fast, sharing failures, and taking ownership to build things.

Eligibility

• Must be eligible to obtain a clearance with the U.S. government.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Defense & Space