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Working within a highly innovative engineering team, you'll contribute to advanced programmes supporting both crewed and uncrewed platforms, developing technologies that move from concept and simulation through to real-world deployment and live operational trials.\nThis is an ideal opportunity for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to see their work make a tangible impact in a rapidly evolving field.\nThe Opportunity\nAs an Autonomous Systems Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, developing and integrating advanced control and autonomy capabilities. You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of software, systems, aerospace and robotics specialists to deliver innovative solutions for some of the UK's most exciting defence programmes.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelop autonomy and control software for advanced autonomous systems\nDesign and implement algorithms for decision support, navigation and autonomous behaviours\nDevelop high-quality software using C, ideally C++\nBuild and evaluate models and simulations within synthetic environments\nSupport system integration, verification and testing activities\nParticipate in experimental trials across the UK and internationally\nCollaborate with engineers, researchers and customers to deliver operational capability\nContribute to research and development activities across autonomy and uncrewed systems programmes\nWe're Interested in Speaking with Engineers Who Have Experience In:\nAutonomous Systems\nRobotics\nControl Systems\nGuidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)\nModelling & Simulation\nDefence Software Development\nUAV/UAS Technologies\nSystems Engineering\nAlgorithm Development\nEssential Skills & Experience\nStrong software development experience using C, ideally C++\nExperience working on complex or safety-critical systems\nUnderstanding of systems engineering principles\nBackground within autonomy, robotics, control systems or related engineering disciplines\nExperience developing algorithms and software-led solutions\nExperience with modelling and simulation tools\nDesirable Experience\nMATLAB / Simulink\nROS / ROS2\nAI or machine learning applications\nHardware and software integration\nFlight control systems\nAutonomous vehicles or uncrewed platforms\nDefence, aerospace or advanced engineering environments\nQualifications\nDegree qualified in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Robotics or another relevant STEM discipline\nWhat's On Offer?\nCompetitive salary of £47,250 - £52,500\nGenerous holiday allowance with option to buy additional days\nMatched pension contribution scheme\nPrivate healthcare options\nLife assurance cover\nEmployee discounts and wellbeing benefits\nCareer development within a globally recognised technology organisation\nOpportunity to work on genuinely cutting-edge autonomy and defence programmes\nInterested?\nIf you're an engineer with a passion for autonomy, robotics, control systems or uncrewed technologies and want to work on projects that push the boundaries of innovation, get in touch.\nApply today to help shape the future of autonomous military aviation and next-generation defence capability.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3419,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T16:32:11Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.521,"p_room":1,"age_days":17,"expected_fill_days":90,"reasons":["conf:3","agency","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":62199,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-autonomous-systems-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-autonomous-systems-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T01:52:04Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2451,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2549,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}