UAV Systems Architect
Sentinel Eagle
UAV Systems Architect
Sentinel Eagle
Non-GNSS drone navigation for autonomous flight
We are looking for a UAV System Architect to define the architecture of unmanned aerial vehicles and guide key technical decisions across airframe, avionics, propulsion, power systems, sensors, communication, and production.
This role connects business and market requirements with engineering execution, ensuring that UAV platforms are technically coherent, scalable, and ready for integration and manufacturing.
UAV architecture and airframe configuration
Aerodynamics, mechanics, and structural design
Avionics, sensors, autopilots, and communication systems
Propulsion, power, and onboard electronics
Hardware and software interfaces
ICD, ADR, DfM
Prototyping, integration, and serial production
Define UAV system architecture based on business, market, and technical requirements.
Translate high-level requirements into specifications for subsystems and engineering teams.
Design mechanical, electrical, communication, and software interfaces between subsystems.
Support prototype integration and resolve system-level blockers.
Make and document trade-off decisions between performance, cost, weight, flight time, payload, manufacturability, and scalability.
Strong experience in UAV, aircraft, drone, or complex hardware system architecture.
Solid understanding of aerodynamics, mechanics, structural design, avionics, propulsion, and power systems.
Experience with sensors, communication systems, autopilots, and system integration.
Ability to create clear technical specifications and align multiple engineering teams.
Strong ownership, proactivity, clear communication, assertiveness, teamwork, and adaptability.
Experience taking UAV platforms from concept to prototype or serial production.
Hands-on experience with autopilots, avionics, sensors, or UAV communication systems.
Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and production cost drivers.
Experience with ICDs, ADRs, integration testing, or cross-functional engineering teams.
Non-GNSS drone navigation for autonomous flight
Sentinel Eagle builds non-GNSS navigation systems for drones to operate when GPS is unavailable. Its technology lets a drone know its precise movement relative to the ground, even hundreds of meters above terrain, without relying on GNSS signals. How it works: onboard sensors and computer vision/tracking methods infer the vehicle’s motion and position relative to the ground to maintain stable and autonomous flight in GPS-denied environments. What sets Sentinel Eagle apart from competitors is its focus on absolute ground-relative motion in challenging terrain and its ability to provide reliable navigation where GPS fails, rather than improving GPS accuracy. The company’s goal is to enable autonomous drone operations in areas where GPS cannot be trusted or is absent, increasing safety, reliability, and mission capability for aerial operations.
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