Lead Drone Systems Engineer (Autonomy & Fleet)

Modern-Intelligence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Medical, dental, and vision

Flexible PTO

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Modern Intelligence seeks a Drone Engineer to design, integrate, and sustain a fleet of autonomous drones across UAVs, USVs, and UGVs. You will keep drones running, debug flight control and electrical issues, and work with a variety of drone vendors to ensure mission readiness.

Open to Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineers, or Computer Scientists with hands-on drone experience; willing to relocate to Austin and travel; equity offered, strong onboarding and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience with fixed wing and copter drones.
• Direct experience with ArduPilot or Betaflight.
• Willingness to relocate to Austin, Texas.
• Willingness to travel.
• Must be a U.S. person (export-controlled tech).

Responsibilities

• Keep a highly heterogeneous fleet of drones up and running.
• Integrate and evaluate our autonomy software on new platforms.
• Solve problems in the drone's flight controller, electrical systems, or any physical problem.
• Work with multiple drone vendors to ensure installation and operation success.
• Potentially own the drone development team and roadmap.

Skills

Fixed wing & copter drones

ArduPilot

Betaflight

Relocation to Austin

Willing to travel

Export-controlled tech compliance

Education

Aerospace Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CAD

3D printing

Job description

Modern Intelligence seeks a Drone Engineer to design, integrate, and sustain a fleet of autonomous drones across UAVs, USVs, and UGVs. You will keep drones running, debug flight control and electrical issues, and work with a variety of drone vendors to ensure mission readiness.

Open to Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineers, or Computer Scientists with hands-on drone experience; willing to relocate to Austin and travel; equity offered, strong onboarding and growth opportunities.