Autonomy Flight Control Engineer (PX4/ArduPilot)

Evolved Aerospace; Linköpings kommun; On-site; SEK 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Evolved Aerospace, based in Linkoping, Sweden, is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to own development inside PX4/ArduPilot. You’ll build and tune flight-critical behaviours for autonomous aircraft operating in complex environments.

The role focuses on implementing guidance, landing, and safety-critical logic, tuning controllers, integrating perception, and supporting SITL/HITL and real flight testing.

Qualifications

• Proficient in C++ for embedded real-time systems.
• Experience with PX4 or ArduPilot internals is required.
• Strong understanding of control theory including PID and EKF.
• Familiarity with MAVLink protocol and firmware debugging is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom PX4 / ArduPilot modules
• Implement guidance, landing, and safety-critical logic
• Tune controllers, rate loops, and estimators
• Integrate perception and state-estimation outputs
• Design and validate emergency fallback modes
• Support SITL/HITL and real flight testing

Skills

C++ embedded

PX4/ArduPilot internals

Control systems (PID, EKF)

MAVLink protocol

Firmware debugging

Tools

PX4 SITL

ArduPilot SITL

Gazebo

QGroundControl

MAVProxy

Job description

Evolved Aerospace, based in Linkoping, Sweden, is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to own development inside PX4/ArduPilot. You’ll build and tune flight-critical behaviours for autonomous aircraft operating in complex environments.

The role focuses on implementing guidance, landing, and safety-critical logic, tuning controllers, integrating perception, and supporting SITL/HITL and real flight testing.