Who We Are 

Textron Systems serves defense and commercial customers with the combined expertise of its family of brands: Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, Lycoming and ATAC. This role is in Textron System’s Land Systems - Crewed Land business area.

The segment offers specialized products and services that fall into several capability areas: Air; Land; Sea; Propulsion; Weapon Systems; Electronic Systems; and Test, Training & Simulation.

We tap into these capabilities to deliver exceptional solutions, including product development and manufacturing, training, operations and support All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company — Textron Inc — which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft.

Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow’s technology in the world’s hands today.

Start your career in a big way by joining Textron Systems. We are here to provide necessary and life-changing services and products to our customers. We are right where the real work happens. By joining our team, you will gain exciting and versatile experiences from day one to fuel your growth. Talent development is a big part of who we are. Don't just start your career - go big. 

 Visit TextronSystems.com to read more about who we are and the products we make! 

About This Role 

Textron Systems is seeking new and recent graduates to join our Sea Systems business area to develop autonomy solutions and apply machine learning, vision, and other emerging technologies to enhance our unmanned surface vehicle platforms. 

Your day may include designing, simulating, constructing, and field-testing autonomous surface vehicles and their subsystems. Our goal is to deliver disruptive autonomy technologies that enhance our customers’ mission capabilities. We work on applied research and development initiatives as well as established programs, and leverage diversity of thought to improve Textron Systems’ lines of robotic products. Check out our exciting platforms here ! 

Position requires no more than 25% travel. 

Qualifications 

Currently pursuing or have completed a bachelor's, master’s, and PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering with focus in robotics or autonomy. We want your experience to include: 

• Intelligence and machine learning applications 
• Helping machines perceive their environment, using vision or other methods 
• Teamed or multiagent autonomous vehicle simulations (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink or Gazebo) 
• Fabricating or designing air, land, or sea-based robots 
• (Preferable) Controls, multiagent autonomy, robotic middleware such as ROS, PX4, ArduPilot, or MOOS-IvP, and simulation environments such as ANSYS or Unreal 

• This position requires an individual to be a U.S. citizen with he ability to obtain a security clearance.<