Jobs at Allen Control Systems

Lead and streamline day-to-day office operations for the Mountain View facility: implement workflows, manage vendors, supplies, catering, and office buildouts; support onboarding and relocation logistics; coordinate with Finance, HR, Security, Facilities, and Manufacturing; maintain documentation, secure workplace practices, and logistics support in a shift-based manufacturing environment.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, CMake-based build systems, on-vehicle deployment tooling, software-in-the-loop simulation infrastructure, and cloud-backed flight log pipelines to support development and fielded aircraft.

Develop and refine aerodynamic models using tools like AVL, improve simulator fidelity, design and tune fixed-wing flight control laws (altitude, airspeed, waypoint following), plan flight-test maneuvers for system identification, and analyze flight data to close the loop between models and real-world behavior.

Design and validate robust mechanical systems for an autonomous defense turret. Perform FEA, modal, vibration, and thermal simulations to meet MIL-STD-810. Lead structural testing, integrate electromechanical components, support prototyping and manufacturing, and produce design documentation and test protocols while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Develop and optimize real-time computer vision and ML systems for detecting, tracking, and classifying drones on an autonomous gun turret. Implement resource-efficient models, integrate vision systems with hardware, and validate performance across diverse, challenging environments to harden prototypes to military-grade standards.

Develop and optimize real-time computer vision algorithms and ML models for an autonomous anti-drone turret. Integrate CV systems with embedded hardware and sensors, conduct testing and validation across environments, and help harden prototypes into military-grade systems and variants for different weapons and ranges.

Lead and grow the Mechanical Engineering team, provide technical direction across structural, thermal, motion-control, and manufacturing domains, oversee testing and validation, drive architecture and system integration, and own execution from concept through deployment while coordinating with product and operations.

Senior individual contributor responsible for architecture, design, implementation, testing, and optimization of software for robotics and autonomous systems. Drive cross-functional technical direction, deliver high-performance C++/Python code, ensure reliability, scalability, and production readiness across perception, controls, and embedded platforms.

Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team across firmware, software, electrical, and mechanical domains. Drive architecture decisions, oversee system integration, testing, and validation, and ensure on-time delivery of mission-critical autonomous defense products. Establish engineering processes, documentation standards, and collaborate with product and leadership to align priorities.

Senior individual contributor leading mechanical design and architecture for an autonomous, ruggedized electromechanical defense product. Owns structural, thermal, motion-control, testing, validation, and manufacturing decisions from concept through deployment while aligning engineering with company priorities and timelines.

Design and implement time- and safety-critical embedded firmware for STM32-based autonomous aircraft. Write sensor and peripheral drivers, select and configure CAN/I2C/UART/Ethernet, design bootloaders and deployment/OTA strategies, and build/maintain HIL testing infrastructure. Document architecture, protocol choices, and tradeoffs with rigorous justification and high code-quality standards.

Design and validate robust electromechanical systems for an autonomous turret to meet MIL-STD-810 environmental, vibration, shock, thermal, and reliability requirements. Perform kinematic and multibody dynamic analyses, mechanical simulations, prototyping, testing, and cross-functional integration with electrical and systems teams while ensuring DFM/DFR and producibility.

Organize and execute flight testing of a high-performance fixed-wing UAV: plan and run safe Part 107-compliant test events, manually pilot FPV and line-of-sight flights, perform pre-flight checks and go/no-go decisions, secure test sites, design takeoff/landing methods, and provide engineering feedback on airframe and controller performance.

Manage and grow a CV/ML team while contributing hands-on to real-time computer vision algorithms for drone detection, tracking, and classification. Define and execute the CV/ML roadmap with senior leadership, own delivery commitments, coordinate hardware integration, and enforce rigorous testing and validation for field and safety-critical deployment.

Build and maintain imaging, provisioning, and fleet-management software for deployed autonomous systems. Develop Jetson device bringup pipelines, a fleet agent and OTA update system, host-level services and startup sequencing, and collaborate with embedded/manufacturing teams on diagnostics and factory test hooks.

Lead technical direction and architecture for real-time CV/ML perception on an autonomous anti-drone turret. Solve hardest technical problems, own roadmap, mentor senior engineers, set validation and production standards, and align CV/ML strategy with product and delivery.

Design, develop, and optimize high-performance C++/Python software for robotics and autonomous systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement best practices, debug and resolve issues, and work with Git and CI/CD pipelines to deliver secure, scalable, reliable solutions.

Integrate third-party sensors and sensor-fusion outputs, design and build external C2 APIs, own networking/transport/messaging between subsystems, and maintain command-and-control integrations for an autonomous defense turret.

Develop and optimize real-time computer vision algorithms and ML models for drone detection, tracking, and classification; integrate CV systems with embedded hardware and sensors; test and harden systems for military-grade, safety-critical deployment.

Develop and maintain Linux kernel drivers and embedded Linux distributions for NVIDIA Jetson platforms. Integrate and optimize custom PCIe, FPGA, Ethernet, USB, and MIPI camera hardware. Debug low-level system issues, profile performance for real-time applications, collaborate with hardware and vision teams, and produce documentation for drivers and hardware interfaces.