Autonomous Systems Engineer

STARK
Full-time South-Africa, South-Africa Other-General
Posted:
February 22, 2026
Location:
South-Africa, South-Africa, South-Africa

Job Description

Permanent employee, Full-time
Devon, South West England
About Us
STARK is bringing its expertise in software-defined unmanned systems to the maritime domain. Traditional fleets alone cannot safeguard this vast, critical space. Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) extend naval reach at lower cost and reduced risk to personnel.
Our maritime family of systems is AI-enabled and built for reliable performance in the harshest seas, delivering NATO a fully integrated hardware–software capability for scalable ISR and strike operations.
Your mission
Reporting directly to the Head of the Control team, the Autonomous System Engineering role will spearhead the development of GNSS denied navigation and terminal guidance for autonomous drones using best-practices and know-hows.
Responsibilities
Designing and testing control and navigation algorithms
Programming different control algorithms using C++ and ROS 2 framework, with Test driven development
Integrating all ROS2 pack...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: South-Africa, South-Africa
Posted: February 22, 2026
Deadline: April 03, 2026