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Flight Control Firmware Engineer
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Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, 70595, USA
Listed on 2026-08-08
Listing for:
@ DMR
Full Time, Part Time, Apprenticeship/Internship
position Listed on 2026-08-08
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Embedded Systems/ Firmware/ IoT
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Lafayette, LA
· Full-Time
· Built on the Bayou — Bringing the Future of Flight to Life
- The description below is a best-case candidate. This specific role could potentially be a part-time internship for someone in the 3rd / 4th year of a computer science-related field.
DMR is building next-generation drone technology right here in Lafayette, LA. Our flight controllers are flying production missions today — multi-IMU redundancy, dual GPS+RTK, dual-antenna heading with magnetometer fusion, and layered safety strategies. We need a firmware engineer ready to own this system, push it forward, and help us scale.
What You’ll Do
- Own the flight control firmware — analyze, document, and evolve a mature production codebase covering multi-IMU redundancy, dual GPS+RTK, and dual-antenna heading fusion.
- Lead feature development and stability tuning for RTK and 4G modules.
- Develop and maintain sensor drivers: IMU, GNSS, magnetic compass, barometer, Hall/ultrasonic flow meters, and radar.
- Implement production-line calibration methods and support test fixtures.
- Maintain the flight control protocol SDK; coordinate integration with application and cloud teams.
- Refine flight modes and safety strategies; contribute early research into RTK base stations and centrifugal nozzles.
- Close the loop on mass-production issues and ensure firmware consistency across batches.
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree or above in Automation, Electronics, Aerospace, Computer Science, or related field.
- 5+ years of embedded flight control firmware experience, including at least one drone controller taken from development through mass production.
- Strong STM
32 (H7 preferred) skills — both bare-metal and RTOS environments. - Solid knowledge of IMU/GNSS-RTK/compass drivers and multi-sensor fusion (Kalman/ESKF), attitude estimation, and control algorithms.
- Familiarity with CAN, RS-485, serial, PWM, ADC, and other embedded bus interfaces.
- Self-directed — you can troubleshoot independently and drive work to completion.
Bonus Points
- Agricultural or crop-protection drone experience: spraying, spreading, seeding, swath-width route planning, or resume‑spraying.
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