Staff Electrical Engineer, Drones
Core
Design embedded control electronics for aerial small drones from concept to production, including hardware selection, schematic & PCB design, board bring-up, system-level integration, and flight test.
Role type
Staff Electrical Engineer (Embedded Systems)
Builds
Aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and associated test/deployment equipment
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Mixed signal circuit design, embedded control electronics, schematic & PCB design, board bring-up, system-level integration, flight test, lab-based prototyping, troubleshooting complex embedded systems, test equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, current-probes), electronic design automation (Altium Designer)
Preferred skills
Embedded software and firmware (C/Linux), safety-critical environment development, extreme environment product development, software protocols for embedded development (timers, interrupts, SPI controllers, ADCs)
Technologies
Altium Designer, C, Linux, SPI, ADC
Responsibilities
Design embedded control electronics from concept to production; Troubleshoot issues spanning electrical and software boundaries; Work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers; Support new developments, active deployments, and customer operated hardware
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC