Senior Flight Control Software Engineer

Avy; Amsterdam; Presencial; EUR 61.000 - 78.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Unlimited time off

Office in Amsterdam

Maker space

Sauna

Great lunches

Drinks & celebrations

Descripción de la vacante

Avy, Amsterdam-based, seeks a senior software engineer with deep control theory and C/C++ expertise to own flight control and state estimation on our PX4 autopilot. You will enhance loops for hover and fixed-wing flight, and pull sensor fusion into safer, longer flights.

You’ll work closely with hardware, flight performance and test teams, coaching others and shaping software practices. A clear path toward Engineering Principal awaits the right person.

Formación

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including at least 7 years of professional C/C++.
• Solid knowledge of control theory and state estimation: cascaded and PID control, Kalman filtering, sensor fusion.
• Experience with embedded firmware and real-time systems, working close to sensors, actuators and hardware interfaces.
• A clear connection to robotics, drones, aerospace or autonomous systems.
• Strong grasp of software architecture for systems with many interacting components, and comfort working in large existing codebases.
• Experience coaching engineers and raising code quality and ways of working, with good communication skills.
• Good project management skills: you plan, estimate and keep work across disciplines on track.

Responsabilidades

• Owning the flight control and state estimation software on our PX4-based autopilot: the control loops for hover, transition and fixed-wing flight, and the estimation behind them.
• Digging into existing software from control loops down to low-level firmware and hardware interfaces to improve stability, reliability, performance and endurance.
• Analyze logs and data from flights to identify root causes and implement software fixes.
• Coach engineers, lead design and code reviews, and improve coding standards and workflows.
• Plan and run technical projects across disciplines, test on real aircraft and verify results.

Conocimientos

C/C++

Control theory

Embedded RTOS

Robotics

Software architecture

Mentoring

Project management

PX4 / ArduPilot

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Herramientas

PX4

ArduPilot

Python

ROS/ROS2

MAVLink

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

Avy, Amsterdam-based, seeks a senior software engineer with deep control theory and C/C++ expertise to own flight control and state estimation on our PX4 autopilot. You will enhance loops for hover and fixed-wing flight, and pull sensor fusion into safer, longer flights.

You’ll work closely with hardware, flight performance and test teams, coaching others and shaping software practices. A clear path toward Engineering Principal awaits the right person.