Senior Robotics & Autonomy Engineer – Individual Drone Autonomy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Create, enhance, and optimize onboard autonomy and perception systems for individual drones within a multi-vendor platform.

• Develop functionalities related to navigation, flight control, sensor fusion, and photogrammetry.

• Adapt current algorithms for compatibility with new sensors and path-planning constraints.

• Transform research and development algorithms into solutions ready for production.

• Identify performance limitations, address edge cases, and enhance field reliability.

• Optimize onboard latency, power usage, and data transmission on a real-time, resource-constrained companion computer.

• Construct and maintain simulation environments and digital twins.

• Minimize the discrepancies between simulation outputs and actual flights.

• Assist in field tests alongside the test-range team.

• Stay accessible online during flights and occasionally travel to test sites.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years in robotics or autonomy engineering, preferably with UAVs or mobile robots.

• Proficient in Python on Linux.

• Experience with C/C++ and embedded systems is highly desirable.

• Strong foundation in linear algebra, control theory, probability, and numerical methods.

• Hands-on experience with state estimation, path planning, or flight control algorithms.

• Practical understanding of drone physics.

• Familiarity with PX4, ArduPilot, or another MAVLink flight control stack.

• Basic knowledge of computer vision or photogrammetry.

• Understanding of electronics: reading schematics, using a multimeter, and debugging sensors and power systems.

• Proficient in English at a B2 level or higher.

• Contributions to PX4 or ArduPilot, or custom firmware modifications, would be advantageous.

• Experience with airframe integration, including sensor calibration, tuning, and flight controller setup, would be beneficial.

• Knowledge of VIO, visual navigation, or navigation integrity in GNSS-denied environments would be a plus.

• Experience in defense or electronic warfare-contested settings would be advantageous.

• Background in building, flying, crashing, and debugging personal drones would be a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 paid vacation days.

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.

• Paid sick leave provisions.

• Flexible working arrangements based on operational and security needs.

• Military reservation and additional benefits associated with the defense sector.