Hermeus · 19 hours ago
Lead, Air Segment
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expHermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. The Lead, Air Segment is responsible for delivering a robust, mission-ready airborne mission platform, providing technical leadership and guidance for engineers working on airborne mission systems.
AerospaceAir TransportationInfrastructureTravel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end technical outcomes for the airborne mission platform, from design through integration, test, and flight readiness
Lead the development and integration of airborne mission systems, including the Mission Management System (MMS), onboard compute, networking and avionics, airborne tactical and flight communications, weapons, payload and stores management interfaces, and sensor and camera system hardware and interfaces
Define and maintain clean interfaces between the airborne platform and mission autonomy, ground systems, and external payloads
Ensure the airborne platform is robust, reliable, and capable of supporting evolving mission capabilities across vehicle variants
Drive integration, test planning, and execution in support of ground test and flight test milestones
Identify technical risks early and lead mitigation efforts across hardware, software, and avionics domains
Provide day-to-day technical leadership, mentorship, and feedback to engineers within the Air Segment scope
Coordinate closely with Mission Autonomy and Ground Segment leads to resolve dependencies and integration issues
Communicate status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to engineering leadership and program stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
5+ years of experience developing airborne systems, avionics, or mission-critical embedded software
Demonstrated experience owning and delivering complex airborne or vehicle-integrated systems
Strong understanding of airborne compute, networking, and communications architectures
Experience integrating sensors, payloads, or weapons interfaces on a vehicle platform
Proven ability to lead technical execution across multidisciplinary teams
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced development and test environment
Strong communication skills and ability to make and defend technical decisions
Preferred
Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline
Experience supporting ground and flight test campaigns
Familiarity with mission systems architectures and system-of-systems design
Experience with stores management systems (SMS) or payload integration frameworks
Background in autonomy-enabled or unmanned aircraft systems
Prior experience as a technical lead or first-level people leader
Experience working across geographically distributed teams
Company
Hermeus
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$215.96MKey Investors
Sam AltmanUnited States Air ForceNASA
2025-07-30Series B
2024-07-02Series B· $39.96M
2022-03-10Series B· $100M
Leadership Team
AJ Piplica
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Glenn Case
Founder and Chief Technologist
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