Senior Flight & Controls Engineer — Autonomous Systems Lead

US Health Partners, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Centinus is seeking a Senior Flight & Controls Engineer to own the flight behavior and controls capabilities of our autonomous systems in real-world deployments. You will work at the intersection of physical AI, autonomy, controls, vehicle dynamics, and flight systems—translating mission intent into reliable, adaptive vehicle actions.

This hands-on role spans architecture, implementation, simulation, testing, flight evaluation, and field deployment, with influence on platform design and

Qualifications

• Experience in flight control and autonomous vehicle systems.
• Hands-on senior role spanning architecture, implementation, simulation, testing, and field deployment.
• Strong experience with PX4/ArduPilot and MAVLink ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and tune flight-control and autonomous vehicle capabilities across platforms.
• Translate mission intent into adaptive flight behavior with mode transitions.
• Collaborate with AI, perception, autonomy, and hardware teams; support flight testing and analysis.

Skills

Flight controls

Robotics

Autonomy

C++

Embedded systems

Tools

PX4

ArduPilot

MAVLink

Simulation tools

Job description

Centinus is seeking a Senior Flight & Controls Engineer to own the flight behavior and controls capabilities of our autonomous systems in real-world deployments. You will work at the intersection of physical AI, autonomy, controls, vehicle dynamics, and flight systems—translating mission intent into reliable, adaptive vehicle actions.

This hands-on role spans architecture, implementation, simulation, testing, flight evaluation, and field deployment, with influence on platform design and