Software Engineer, Planning & Controls

What you'll do

• Develop and tune low-level flight control algorithms for multirotor and hybrid aircraft on embedded platforms.
• Own the dynamics simulation and aerodynamics modeling for various aircraft types.
• Bring up and tune flight controllers on new drone hardware platforms.
• Develop and test fault-tolerant control systems for motor loss and emergency behaviors.
• Build a trajectory motion planner for smooth flight and obstacle avoidance.
• Develop high-level mission route planners with integrated fallback locations.
• Implement control algorithms in C++ and test them directly in flight.

What we're looking for

• MS/PhD degree in EE, ME, CS, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Deep controls fundamentals including linear and nonlinear systems, stability analysis, controller synthesis, and optimization.
• Excellent knowledge of C++ and embedded systems.
• Experience with dynamics modeling, aerodynamics knowledge, and simulation.
• Experience developing and tuning flight controllers and interfacing with state estimation.
• Excellent knowledge of motion planning algorithms like trajectory optimization and A*/D*/RRT variants.
• Experience with sensorless brushless DC motor control.
• Experience with MPC, PX4 internals, or hybrid VTOL transition control (preferred).