Lead, Mission Autonomy

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Hermeus

Atlanta, GA

On-site

Posted January 10, 2026

Job Description

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

The Lead, Mission Autonomy is responsible for delivering reliable, repeatable mission behavior for the aircraft by developing, integrating, and validating mission autonomy capabilities that reside within the Mission Management System (MMS). This role owns the mission-level decision logic, behavior sequencing, and autonomy functions within the MMS, and their coupling to the Vehicle Management System (VMS), onboard sensors, avionics, and ground command-and-control systems.

This role focuses on how, when, and in what order the aircraft is commanded to act to accomplish mission objectives. It ensures that mission autonomy capabilities within the MMS correctly orchestrate vehicle actions via the VMS across all phases of operation, enabling complex, end-to-end mission execution.

As a first-level people leader, the Lead, Mission Autonomy provides technical leadership and execution ownership for engineers working on mission autonomy software, avionics integration, and mission behavior. This role remains hands-on while also owning integration, test readiness, and mission execution outcomes.

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