Flight controls & autonomy engineer

Write the code that lifts TRAULLER off the water and flies it home.

Team

Autonomy

Location

Boston, MA

Salary

$165k–$200k

Type

Full time

About the role

You’ll own guidance, navigation and control across hover, transition and cruise, including autonomous takeoff from and landing on the water.

What you’ll do

  • Develop and tune control laws for hover, transition and wing-borne flight.

  • Build navigation and state estimation that holds up over open water.

  • Run simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing.

  • Make autonomous takeoff from and recovery to the water routine.

What we look for

  • Five or more years in GNC or flight software for UAS.

  • Experience with PX4, ArduPilot or a custom autopilot stack.

  • C++ and Python, and a habit of testing in sim before you fly.

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