Lead Drone Flight Control Hardware Engineer

LED FastStart; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

DMR Technologies is seeking a Flight Control Hardware Engineer to lead the design, revision, validation, and production of our drone flight control electronics. You will own hardware from concept through production while collaborating with firmware and manufacturing teams.

Design and develop flight controller hardware, create schematics and layouts, select components for production readiness, and optimize manufacturability in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware design experience
• Experience with GNSS, RTK, IMU, MCU, power electronics
• Mass production experience
• High-speed PCB design
• Bonus: RF or EMC design
• Agricultural drone experience

Responsibilities

• Design and revise flight controller hardware
• Create schematics and PCB layouts
• Select components and manage EOL replacements
• Support prototype builds and production
• Optimize manufacturability
• Collaborate with firmware engineers

Skills

Hardware design

Flight controllers

PCB layout

RF/EMC design

Mass production

High-speed PCB

GNSS/RTK/IMU

Power electronics

Agricultural drones

Tools

Altium

PADS

Job description

DMR Technologies is seeking a Flight Control Hardware Engineer to lead the design, revision, validation, and production of our drone flight control electronics. You will own hardware from concept through production while collaborating with firmware and manufacturing teams.

Design and develop flight controller hardware, create schematics and layouts, select components for production readiness, and optimize manufacturability in a fast-paced environment.