Director of Engineering, Autonomy
ABOUT BRINC:
At BRINC, we are redefining public safety with an innovative ecosystem of life-saving tools. Our journey started with the development of drones and ruggedized throw phones, designed to access unsafe areas and establish communication to de-escalate situations. Today, we've expanded into creating and deploying 911 response networks, where drones are dispatched to 911 calls to provide real-time visual data, enhancing safety and enabling de-escalation-focused responses. Our cutting-edge solutions are utilized by over 600 public safety agencies across America and the company has raised over $150M from investors, including Index Ventures, Motorola Solutions, Sam Altman, Dylan Field, Mike Volpe, Alexandr Wang and more. At BRINC, we are committed to recruiting the world's best talent to join us in our mission to support first responders in saving lives.
ABOUT THIS ROLE:
We are seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering, Autonomy to lead and directly contribute to the development of our next-generation autonomy, navigation, perception, and control systems for UAVs and public safety products. You will own the technical direction, architecture, and execution of the autonomy stack while writing code, prototyping algorithms, conducting reviews, and working shoulder-to-shoulder with the engineering team. This role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to guide engineers through critical design decisions, building high-reliability algorithms for localization, mapping, guidance, control, and intelligent mission behaviors. You will lead by doing, delivering production-grade autonomy on embedded robotic platforms, ensuring the system delivers for our customers in the real world.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead the technical direction, architecture, and execution of the autonomy stack, including perception, navigation, controls, and mission logic.
- Contribute directly to algorithm design, implementation, prototyping, debugging, and optimization on e...