Research Engineer IV (Multi-Agent Autonomy)

Location: Bryan, Texas, United States; onsite work with system experimentation and field testing at the RELLIS campus. Restricted to U.S. citizens only.

Salary: $5,667.67–$9,583.33 per month, commensurate with experience.

Company

Texas A&M University System Offices conduct education, research, technology commercialization, training, and public services across its universities, health science center, state agencies, and RELLIS Campus.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and optimize software architectures for multi-agent coordination within autonomy stacks.
• Develop high-performance Python and C++ code for embedded hardware and ROS2 middleware.
• Build and refine perception, navigation, simulation, and sensor-fusion systems for UTVs, UGVs, UAVs, and autonomous helicopters.
• Integrate and deploy ROS2 nodes, sensors, compute hardware, and system components across heterogeneous air and ground platforms.
• Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, hardware tuning, and reliability work for integrated autonomy systems.
• Direct system experimentation and field testing, mentor junior research staff, and produce technical reports, presentations, and publications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least six years of related experience, including multi-agent coordination or path-planning framework development.
• Experience conducting hardware and sensor-fusion trade-off studies.
• Advanced proficiency in ROS2, C++, and Python, with experience in system-level integration.
• Ability to debug physical hardware, optimize distributed communication middleware, and work with Linux, networking, and sensor drivers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a U.S. Department of War Security Clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive health benefits.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Defined benefit retirement plan with employer contributions through the Teachers Retirement System of Texas.
• Optional defined contribution retirement plan and tax-deferred annuity options.
• Tuition assistance and wellness programs supporting work-life balance.