Autopilot Engineer; Control

Your mission

Reporting directly to the Head of the Control team, as an Autopilot Engineer you will help develop/customize autopilot firmware for autonomous system operations.

• Optimise/modify/program autopilot firmware to process the commands of our autonomous system
• Make it compatible with our AI systems
• Testing, debugging both autopilot and its integration into the controller.
• Integrating it into our simulation via software-in-the-loop / hardware-in-the-loop.
• Help solve upcoming challenges within the team
• Applying problem solving skills to contribute to achieving team goals

• Bachelor´s or Master´s degree in Robotics, software engineering, computer science, or similar relevant areas of expertise
• +3 to 6 years of experience working in similar roles within this industry
• Expert in MAVlink protocol
• Good knowledge of PX4 firmware
• Expert in C++ and Python
• Excellent understanding of microcontrollers for real time operating systems
• Understanding of control systems
• Excellent team player
• Applicants MUST eligible for UK Security Clearance and willing to be in the South West England area 2-3 days per week