Sr. Research and Development Engineer - Systems Engineering (UAV R&D)
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About the Role
Integrate and validate UAV subsystems, support flight tests, analyze data, and collaborate across teams to ensure system performance and reliability.
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Responsibilities
- Support end to end system integration of UAV components including flight controllers, telemetry, sensors, payloads, and power systems
- Work closely with software, firmware, mechanical, and electrical teams to align subsystem performance with system level requirements
- Support flight tests, system validation, and troubleshooting in the field
- Analyze flight logs, telemetry, and sensor data to diagnose issues and improve system behavior
- Contribute to the development of system architectures, interface definitions, and validation workflows
- Ensure UAV platforms meet performance, reliability, and safety requirements
- Participate in hardware in the loop (HIL) and software in the loop (SIL) tests
- Support documentation of system configurations, test results, and system behavior analyses
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in UAV systems integration or aerospace systems engineering
- Hands on experience with PX4 and/or ArduPilot platforms
- Proven contribution to UAV projects involving aircraft above 20kg MTOW
- Strong understanding of UAV subsystems and control interfaces
- Experience with flight log analysis, debugging tools, and telemetry protocols
- Willingness to support frequent field tests and data collection
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Role Overview
- As a Research and Development Engineer (Systems Engineering), you will play a key technical role in integrating and validating subsystems across flight controllers, avionics, payloads, and ground control stations.
- You will collaborate across teams to ensure smooth interaction between software, firmware, and hardware components, contributing both at the desk and in the field during live testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Support end to end system integration of UAV components including flight controllers, telemetry, sensors, payloads, and power systems.
- Work closely with software, firmware, mechanical, and electrical teams to align subsystem performance with system level requirements.
- Support flight tests, system validation, and troubleshooting in the field.
- Analyze flight logs, telemetry, and sensor data to diagnose issues and improve system behavior.
- Contribute to the development of system architectures, interface definitions, and validation workflows.
- Ensure UAV platforms meet performance, reliability, and safety requirements.
- Participate in hardware in the loop (HIL) and software in the loop (SIL) tests.
- Support documentation of system configurations, test results, and system behavior analyses.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in UAV systems integration or aerospace systems engineering.
- Hands on experience with PX4 and/or ArduPilot platforms.
- Proven contribution to UAV projects involving aircraft above 20kg MTOW.
- Strong understanding of UAV subsystems and control interfaces (telemetry, power, payloads, GCS).
- Experience with flight log analysis, debugging tools, and telemetry protocols.
- Willingness and ability to support frequent field tests and data collection activities.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across engineering disciplines.
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