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Hire autonomy engineers in the UK

What autonomy engineers are paid, what to name in the advert, and who you are up against — from the adverts on Drone Jobs, not a survey. Looking for the roles themselves? See Autonomy Engineer jobs.

What you will pay

Not enough priced adverts yet to publish a range

We only print a figure once enough adverts on this board have stated one. Until then: state a salary, and pitch it at what the role is worth to you rather than what you hope to get away with.

  • Remote or anchored

    A fully remote role draws the whole country and can pay a little under the London figure; an anchored one competes locally and cannot.

  • Greenfield or inherited

    Building from nothing is worth more to the right person than running what exists, and they will ask which it is.

  • Someone senior to learn from

    A strong lead in the team is worth thousands on the offer; without one, expect to pay for that experience directly.

Who you are competing with

Hiring autonomy engineers on Drone Jobs right now

Three live adverts for the role, as candidates see them. How rivals pitch it is worth a look before you write yours.

Shield AI

Senior Autonomy Integration Engineer

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Senior

Integrate autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, owning build, configuration and validation of flight-ready systems across onboard compute, sensors and control interfaces. Support live flight tests with travel around 30-40% of the year, debugging embedded and autonomy stacks in lab and field, capturing and analysing flight data, and working with autonomy, GNC and test teams.

ROS · DDS · Hivemind +5

4 months ago

Shield AI

Autonomy Integration Engineer (R5245)

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Senior

Integrates autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, owning pre-flight build, configuration and validation across onboard compute, sensors and control interfaces. Supports live flight tests with travel around 30-40% of the year, debugging embedded and real-time systems in lab and field, and analysing flight data with autonomy and GNC teams.

ROS · DDS · Linux +5

5 months ago

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