Embedded Flight Control Engineer - Autonomous Systems

CIS Secure; Aberdeen, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CIS Secure is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Embedded Systems / Flight Control Hardware to support the REACT program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The role focuses on designing and developing embedded electronic systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms.

The successful candidate will work across circuit design, embedded computing, and imaging systems, collaborating with software and mechanical engineers to mature hardware capabilities for mission-critical deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing embedded electronic systems including schematic design, PCB development, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCs and associated peripheral circuitry.
• Experience developing or integrating flight control hardware, avionics, robotics, or other real-time embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support across the system development lifecycle from architecture to board bring-up and testing.
• Integrate flight controllers, processors, sensors, cameras, and communications hardware into complete platforms.
• Support rapid prototyping, integration, troubleshooting, and maturation of embedded electronic systems for operational and test environments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Embedded systems

MCU/SoC

Flight control hardware

Firmware in C/C++

Embedded interfaces

Oscilloscope use

Sensor integration

PCB layout

RTOS / Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

STM32

NXP

TI

Linux

Job description

CIS Secure is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Embedded Systems / Flight Control Hardware to support the REACT program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The role focuses on designing and developing embedded electronic systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms.

The successful candidate will work across circuit design, embedded computing, and imaging systems, collaborating with software and mechanical engineers to mature hardware capabilities for mission-critical deployments.