2 месяца назад
Head of Engineering
Вакансия из Hirify Global, списка международных tech-компанийДля мэтча и отклика нужен Plus
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TL;DR
Head of Engineering (Autonomous Drone Systems): Leading engineering strategy, architecture, and execution for autonomous drone software operating in coordinated teams, with an accent on embedded systems, distributed systems, and safety-sensitive operations. Focus on scaling engineering teams, coordinating cloud, onboard software, autonomy, QA, and hardware integration, and building resilient systems for unreliable connectivity and real-world constraints.
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine; hybrid
Company
develops autonomous drone software that enables large, coordinated teams of drones to operate without pilots.
What you will do
- Set technical strategy and own architecture decisions as the product and engineering organization scales.
- Keep engineering work aligned with the roadmap, business value, and scalable product solutions.
- Build and manage core engineering processes covering pipelines, releases, testing, incident response, and technical debt.
- Coordinate cloud, onboard software, autonomy, QA, hardware integration, product, and field operations.
- Scale and lead engineering managers, team leads, and senior technical contributors.
Requirements
- Strong engineering leadership experience with complex, mission-critical, life-critical, or high-load enterprise and B2B systems.
- Experience managing teams of 50 or more people and leading engineering managers and technical leads.
- Embedded or hardware-close software experience, including Linux-based edge systems, networking, containers, companion computers, and ARM platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson or Raspberry Pi.
- Experience with distributed systems, unreliable connectivity, fault tolerance, recovery, observability, fleet management, and remote updates.
- Strong cloud and backend architecture knowledge covering APIs, databases, messaging, infrastructure, security, and production operations.
- Professional English and strong communication skills.
Nice to have
- Miltech experience, particularly Ukrainian miltech, or direct experience with drones, robotics, and autonomous systems.
- Familiarity with MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, or ROS 2.
- Experience with Python, C/C++, Podman, Docker, simulation, software-in-the-loop, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Knowledge of secure boot, device hardening, signed software, hardware-backed identity, or degraded communication environments.
Culture & Benefits
- Work on autonomy and perception systems for Ukraine’s defense technology ecosystem and international expansion.
- Direct impact in a high-stakes defense industry where security decisions have real-world consequences.
- Professional growth through work with advanced defense technologies and international security practices.
- Competitive salary and benefits including insurance, paid sick leave, and 20 paid days off per year.
- Defense-sector benefits, including reservation-related support.
Hiring process
- Recruiter screen, technical interview, managerial interview, and final interview with the CEO and CPO.
- Background check followed by an offer.
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