Senior UAS GNC & Edge AI Engineer

NCSL International

Colorado Springs (CO)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 175,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
401(k) match/profit sharing
Flexible work schedules
Tuition & certification reimbursement
Discretionary bonuses
ESOP

Job summary

SARA in Colorado Springs seeks a talented UAS/GNC Engineer to advance unmanned navigation and control technologies. You will integrate flight controllers, sensors, and embedded software, and deploy AI models on Jetson platforms to drive autonomous aerial systems.

Collaborate with hardware, software, and AI teams to develop mission planning, edge AI processing, and field-ready UAV solutions for defense and government programs.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience with flight controller integration and UAV software development.
  • Experience with NVIDIA Jetson AI acceleration, DeepStream SDK, and/or CUDA programming.
  • Knowledge of AI-driven perception, SLAM, and real-time processing on Jetson platforms.
  • Experience designing UAS GNC architectures in GPS-unavailable environments.
  • Strong proficiency in PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, ROS, C++, and Python.
  • Experience with PID tuning, sensor calibration, and autonomous navigation algorithms.

Responsibilities

  • Configure and integrate flight controllers (PX4, ArduPilot) with UAV platforms.
  • Perform firmware flashing, parameter tuning, and sensor integration.
  • Develop embedded software using C++, Python, ROS, and MAVLink for Jetson AI systems.
  • Implement computer vision and AI-based perception for real-time tracking and SLAM.
  • Utilize CUDA to optimize neural network inference on Jetson platforms.
  • Establish reliable networking and telemetry for command/control and FPV video streaming.
  • Collaborate on mission planning and autonomous navigation capabilities.

Skills

Flight controller integration
C++, Python
ROS
MAVLink
Autonomous navigation
AI edge processing
SLAM
OpenCV
CUDA
QGroundControl

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Robotics / EE / Aerospace
Master's degree preferred

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson
DeepStream SDK
Linux (Ubuntu)
FPGA-based acceleration

Job description

SARA in Colorado Springs seeks a talented UAS/GNC Engineer to advance unmanned navigation and control technologies. You will integrate flight controllers, sensors, and embedded software, and deploy AI models on Jetson platforms to drive autonomous aerial systems.

Collaborate with hardware, software, and AI teams to develop mission planning, edge AI processing, and field-ready UAV solutions for defense and government programs.

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