# Senior Software Engineer II - Autonomy Software

Scientific Systems is looking to fill a Senior Software Engineer position in the domain of Autonomous Vehicles and Uncrewed Systems. The successful applicant will be responsible for developing software for advanced AI/ML programs relating to autonomous flight systems and crewed-uncrewed collaboration. Essential Functions: Architect and develop advanced software for multi-vehicle autonomy for complex, contested environments. Provide relevant technical expertise as part of a team to design, implement, and test autonomy software systems for embedded uncrewed multi-vehicle autonomy. Support presentation of technical results to internal and external customers. Support integration of existing work into an unified software architecture. This role may require occasional travel to remote test events. Must be able to obtain and maintain a United States DOD Security Clearance. Requirements Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Physical Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, Data Science 5+ years of experience in software development/R&D of AI for Robotics, Machine Learning, Robot Planning/Optimization Techniques, and/or Autonomous Uncr

- **Id**: 785566
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scientificsystems-senior-software-engineer-ii-autonomy-software>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Burlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T03:42:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 60
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2774
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Hybrid work, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Military Robotics, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 720387
- **Name**: Ssci
- **Domain**: ssci.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ssci-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary

- **Min**: 142000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **AFSIM** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Conan** — Optional: no
- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Path Planning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **SonarQube** — Optional: no
- **STANAG** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 60

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T01:47:41Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 28
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.774
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 60
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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