Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics
Core
Designing and implementing flight control, motion planning, and mission planning algorithms for robust, fault-tolerant drone delivery systems.
Role type
Senior IC Planning & Controls Engineer (Autonomy & Robotics)
Builds
Flight controllers, trajectory motion planners, and high-level mission route planners for multirotor and hybrid aircraft.
Domain
Aerial robotics and autonomous delivery logistics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Linear and nonlinear systems, stability analysis, controller synthesis and tuning, frequency domain analysis, optimization, linear algebra, C++, embedded systems, dynamics modeling, aerodynamics, state estimation, trajectory optimization, nonlinear optimization, A*/D*/RRT variants, sensorless brushless DC motor control
Preferred skills
PX4 internals, hybrid VTOL transition control, tethered or suspended payload dynamics, open-source flight stack contributions, published papers in controls/motion planning/aerial robotics, Model Predictive Controller (MPC) development
Technologies
C++, embedded platforms, dynamics simulation, aerodynamics modeling
Responsibilities
Design and tune low-level flight control algorithms for overactuated multirotor and hybrid aircraft, own dynamics simulation and aerodynamics modeling, bring up and tune flight controllers on new drone platforms, develop and test fault-tolerant control systems, build trajectory motion planners for smooth flight and obstacle avoidance, help develop high-level mission route planners with fallback locations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
