Senior Drone Flight Control Firmware Engineer

DMR Technologies; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

DMR Technologies, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, is seeking an experienced Flight Control Firmware Engineer to own and advance the embedded software powering our flight controllers. You’ll inherit a mature production codebase and help push flight performance, reliability, and autonomous capability in real-world applications.

You’ll collaborate with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams while developing STM32-based firmware, enhancing RTK, GPS, IMU, and sensor fusion to enable safer, more

Qualifications

• 5+ years of embedded firmware experience.
• Experience with drone or aerospace flight control systems.
• Strong C/C++ development skills.
• STM32, RTOS, or bare-metal experience.
• Sensor fusion, IMU, GNSS/RTK, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve flight controller firmware.
• Develop embedded software for STM32-based systems.
• Enhance RTK, GPS, IMU, sensor fusion, and navigation performance.
• Design and integrate new flight features; support production, testing, and manufacturing.
• Work closely with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Embedded firmware

Drone/flight control

C/C++

STM32

RTOS/bare-metal

Sensor fusion/IMU/GNSS

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

Job description

DMR Technologies, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, is seeking an experienced Flight Control Firmware Engineer to own and advance the embedded software powering our flight controllers. You’ll inherit a mature production codebase and help push flight performance, reliability, and autonomous capability in real-world applications.

You’ll collaborate with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams while developing STM32-based firmware, enhancing RTK, GPS, IMU, and sensor fusion to enable safer, more