Senior UAV Vision & Autonomy Engineer

Knightwerx; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Knightwerx seeks a Robotics/Autonomy Engineer – Computer Vision to lead perception, vision-based navigation, and autonomy software for a small unmanned electric aircraft. You will collaborate with flight-software, aeromechanical, and avionics teams to deliver robust autonomy for GPS-denied environments from prototype through production.

The role emphasizes cutting-edge computer vision, sensor fusion, and real-time autonomy algorithms to enable resilient operations in austere conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in computer vision, robotics, or embedded systems.
• Proven experience developing ISP and CV software.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize computer vision and ISP software for real-time robotic and UAV applications.
• Implement and maintain camera drivers, video pipelines, and hardware-accelerated vision algorithms.
• Integrate vision systems with navigation, control, and autonomy stacks.
• Ensure software is scalable and maintainable across embedded and distributed platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and autonomy engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Document software design, implementation, and test procedures.
• Troubleshoot and debug system-level issues in camera and vision pipelines.

Skills

Image processing

Computer vision

Embedded systems

OpenCV

Camera calibration

CUDA

NVIDIA Jetson

Deep learning CV methods

SLAM

Real-time systems

Sensor fusion

Multi-sensor data

Education

Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer/ Electrical Engineering, CS, Robotics

Tools

Docker

GStreamer

V4L2

Git

CMake

NVIDIA Jetson

Job description

Knightwerx seeks a Robotics/Autonomy Engineer – Computer Vision to lead perception, vision-based navigation, and autonomy software for a small unmanned electric aircraft. You will collaborate with flight-software, aeromechanical, and avionics teams to deliver robust autonomy for GPS-denied environments from prototype through production.

The role emphasizes cutting-edge computer vision, sensor fusion, and real-time autonomy algorithms to enable resilient operations in austere conditions.