UAV Flight Systems & Avionics Engineer

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate UAV electronic hardware and avionics assemblies.
• Integrate flight-control computers, sensors, communication interfaces, and onboard systems.
• Calibrate IMU, GNSS, LiDAR, and vision-based sensors.
• Configure PX4 and ArduPilot autopilots and deploy flight-control firmware.
• Perform simulation, parameter optimisation, PID tuning, ground testing, and flight validation.
• Troubleshoot hardware, sensors, communications, flight controls, and integrated UAV systems.
• Maintain technical records, configuration data, test results, and engineering documentation.
• Follow engineering, quality, safety, and operational procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline such as electrical, electronics, mechatronics, computer, or aerospace engineering.
• Relevant professional experience in UAV, flight-control, avionics, embedded systems, robotics, or similar engineering work.
• Practical electronic hardware and avionics integration and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with PX4 and/or ArduPilot autopilot platforms.
• Experience integrating, calibrating, and configuring UAV sensors.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, flight-control architectures, and hardware/software integration.
• Understanding of UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, and telemetry systems.
• Experience with simulation environments and knowledge of flight dynamics and UAV operations.

Technical Skills

• Flight-controller configuration, firmware deployment, parameter optimisation, and PID tuning.
• Pixhawk-based flight-controller ecosystems and hardware/software interface troubleshooting.
• SITL, HITL, ground testing, flight validation, and UAV performance troubleshooting.

Preferred Experience

• UAV or drone development, operation, piloting, or flight-testing experience is preferred.
• Experience with sensors, payloads, onboard systems, autonomous flight, or navigation technologies is preferred.
• Embedded programming, firmware development, or UAV scripting experience is preferred.
• Background in aerospace, defence, robotics, or advanced R&D is preferred.

Key Competencies

Work Environment

• The position combines desk-based engineering and software development with electronics integration, laboratory testing, simulation, and UAV flight validation.
• The role involves flight-control hardware, sensors, embedded systems, and autonomous UAV technologies in a technical R&D environment.