Full-Time

Drone Systems Engineer

Posted on 1/8/2025

Teledyne

Teledyne

11-50 employees

Industrial & Manufacturing
Aerospace
Healthcare

Senior

No H1B Sponsorship

Orem, UT, USA

US Citizenship Required

Category
Flight Dynamics
Research & Development
Aerospace Engineering
Required Skills
Python
C/C++
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field required.
  • 5+ years’ or equivalent experience delivering commercial-grade software for embedded systems highly desired.
  • 3+ years’ experience working with electro-mechanical systems with feedback and control systems highly desired.
  • 2+ years’ experience working with commercial or military drones strongly preferred.
  • Experience in board bring-up and peripheral integration highly desired.
  • Familiarity with debugging electronic systems – reading schematics, oscilloscope use, etc.
  • Familiarity with embedded system electronic communications: SPI, I2C, UARTS, etc. – on a software and electrical level.
  • Expertise in C and/or C++ programming on embedded Linux, or similar systems required.
  • Python, radio, networking and test development skills are assets.
  • Strong preference to candidates with drone or RC hobby experience and interest.
  • Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.
Responsibilities
  • Design and conduct tests to evaluate concepts and theories associated with drone development.
  • Trouble shoot and test drone systems – including one-off test development to root cause difficult system issues with software, electrical, and mechanical inter-dependencies.
  • Troubleshoot sensors and sub-systems associated with drone operation (GPS, IMU, range finders, radios, power supplies, etc.).
  • Debugging and development of drone flight control and payload control systems – including gain tuning, sensor processing, and Kalman filtering.
  • Development and enhancement of drone algorithms – including takeoff/landing sequences, failsafes, and highly dynamic vision guided flight.
  • Work on projects in C, C++, and Python in a Linux-based development environment.
  • Develop prototypes to explore new ideas and work in iterative development cycles.
  • Debug basic electrical systems – read schematics, use electrical tools such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.
  • Basic knowledge of RF systems (antennas, radios, coax, etc.).

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Thousand Oaks, California

Founded

1960

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What believers are saying

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