Embedded Flight Software Engineer - UAVs, ARM & PX4

Attis; Michigan; On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Package

Competitive Base Salary

Job summary

Attis is seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to lead firmware and hardware integration for autonomous aircraft in a fast-paced defense tech environment. You will own embedded development, board bring-up, and flight testing, with rapid progression from prototype to production.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with ARM Cortex-M, PX4-based flight stacks, and secure firmware practices, within a small, mission-driven team in Michigan.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of embedded software/firmware experience.
• Experience with ARM Cortex‑M microcontrollers.
• Bare-metal and/or RTOS development experience.
• Knowledge of embedded communication protocols.
• Hardware debugging experience using scopes/analysers/JTAG-SWD, etc.
• Strong understanding of interrupts, DMA, timing, and MCU architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded firmware in C/C++ on ARM Cortex‑M microcontrollers.
• Build and extend a PX4-based flight control stack.
• Develop low-level drivers and control systems using SPI.
• Implement communications using MAVLink.
• Support hardware bring-up alongside electrical engineers.
• Develop bootloaders, secure firmware updates, and production tooling.
• Debug and optimise firmware for deployment in demanding real-world environments.
• Participate in flight testing and post-flight analysis.
• Help scale autonomous systems from engineering builds to volume production.

Skills

C/C++

ARM Cortex‑M

Bare-metal/RTOS

Embedded protocols

Hardware debugging

Tools

PX4

STM32

Job description

Attis is seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to lead firmware and hardware integration for autonomous aircraft in a fast-paced defense tech environment. You will own embedded development, board bring-up, and flight testing, with rapid progression from prototype to production.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with ARM Cortex-M, PX4-based flight stacks, and secure firmware practices, within a small, mission-driven team in Michigan.