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Help us map
the physical world.

Wayland Autonomy builds the sensing and software that rebuilds any real area into a living map, updated by every flight. We are a small team taking on a genuinely hard problem. If that sounds like your kind of work, read on.

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Small team, real scope

You will own features end to end. Few people, wide surface area, short path from idea to flown mission.

Build over ceremony

Low meeting load, async by default. We would rather ship something and look at it than debate it in a deck.

Work that matters

Sensing, geospatial, autonomy — built to run where nothing else does. The output is used, not filed.

Open roles

One role open right now. The right person matters more than the timing — if that is you, get in touch.

Vice President of Hardware Engineering

HardwareFull-timeRemote-first

Lead the development of our next-generation, lightweight UAV imaging pods. You own the complete hardware lifecycle across mechanical, electrical, logical, and aerodynamic disciplines, bridging deep technical execution and high-level strategic leadership.

Technical leadership

System architecture: define the hardware roadmap for lightweight, ultra-stabilised UAV imaging payloads.
Multidisciplinary oversight: guide engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, logical, and aerodynamic domains.
SWaP-C optimisation: drive strict size, weight, power, and cost strategies for aerial environments.
Aerodynamic integration: oversee external pod geometry to minimise drag and eliminate wind-induced jitter.

Operational excellence

DFM/DFA: implement rigorous design for manufacturing and assembly standards for rapid scaling.
Vendor management: build and manage global supply chains for optical, custom, and composite components.
Regulatory compliance: aerospace, FCC, CE, and military standards (e.g. MIL-STD-810H).
Testing and validation: environmental testing across vibration, thermal, ingress protection, and wind tunnel trials.

Technical domains

Mechanical and thermal: advanced lightweight composites, precision gimbals / BLDC / jitter stabilisation, thermal management for sealed high-density compute.
Electrical: low-noise high-efficiency PDN, HDI and rigid-flex PCB, EMI/EMC mitigation against UAV telemetry.
Logical and digital: high-speed sensor pipelines, edge AI (FPGA/SoC/ISP), MIPI, PCIe, Ethernet, high-bandwidth memory.
Aerodynamics: CFD for the external pod, drag and boundary layer, aero-center impact on flight dynamics.

Qualifications

Master's or Ph.D. in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or robotics engineering.
10+ years in hardware development, 5+ years at director or VP level.
Track record shipping aerospace, UAV, defense, or high-end robotics hardware.

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We hire ahead of the org chart. If you are strong on sensing, geospatial, data, or systems and want to work on this, tell us what you would build and why.

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Where we work

Remote-first, with people across time zones. Where you sit matters less than what you ship.

Remote-first

Most of the team works remotely across time zones.

United States

US operations and program leadership.

Engineering, international

Core sensing and software, distributed.

Inside the Wayland Autonomy workshop — benches, prototyping, and lab gear. — The workshop. Where the hardware and the map meet.

What you get

No foosball tables. The things that actually make the work good.

Work that ships

Small team, short path from idea to flown mission. You see your code do something in the real world.

Real ownership

You own features, not tickets. Scope is wide and you have room to shape it.

Hard problems

Sensing, geospatial, autonomy. The kind of work that is genuinely difficult and genuinely useful.

Flexible by default

Remote-first, async-friendly, judged on what you build rather than where you sit.

Equipment that keeps up

The machine and tools you need to do the work without fighting them.

Quiet, not corporate

Low ceremony, few meetings, a team that would rather build than present slides.