Senior UAV Systems Engineer

N-iX is a global software development service company that helps businesses across the globe create next-generation software products. Founded in 2002, we unite 2,400+ tech-savvy professionals across 40+ countries, working on impactful projects for industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. Our expertise spans cloud, data, AI/ML, embedded software, IoT, and more, driving digital transformation across finance, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and other industries.

Within our multidisciplinary engineering environment, we work on advanced autonomous and unmanned systems. Our R&D scope spans multirotor, fixed-wing, VTOL and lighter-than-air platforms, with a focus on guidance, navigation, control, perception and sensor integration. Engineers work alongside specialists in electronics, mechanics, embedded software, mathematics, CV/AI and signal processing to take solutions from modeling and simulation through integration and physical validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate advanced guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems for different flight dynamics

• Develop and validate control algorithms, state estimation, flight models and autonomous behaviors

• Select and integrate flight controllers, radar, cameras, GNSS/INS, other sensors and onboard computing

• Integrate CV/AI perception, tracking, localization, radar/DSP and multi-sensor fusion

• Build simulation and emulation environments; perform SIL/HIL, hardware integration and field validation

• Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, embedded, CV/AI, mathematics and signal-processing specialists.

Technical Skills:

• Programming: Python, Linux; C/C++ as required.

• Control & GNC: flight dynamics, PID/LQR/MPC, feedback control, trajectory planning, EKF/UKF, GNSS/INS

• UAV platforms: PX4 or ArduPilot, MAVLink/MAVSDK; flight-controller and companion-computer integration

• Sensors & signals: IMU, radar, GNSS, LiDAR, cameras, DSP, filtering and sensor fusion

• Interfaces: CAN, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, telemetry and diagnostics.

Additional Advantages:

• SLAM, VIO, RTK GNSS, radar principles (FMCW/Doppler), robust or adaptive control

• NVIDIA Jetson, CUDA/TensorRT, embedded Linux/RTOS; Docker, CI/CD and cloud services

• Perception & AI: OpenCV, object detection/tracking, PyTorch or TensorFlow, ONNX

• Hands-on commissioning, tuning and flight testing of real unmanned platforms

• Simulation: ROS 2, Gazebo or MATLAB/Simulink, SIL/SITL/HIL testing.

What We Expect:

• 4+ years in UAV, aerospace, embedded software or autonomous systems

• Strong system-level understanding and practical software/hardware integration experience

• Ability to evaluate alternatives, coordinate domain specialists and take solutions from concept to validated prototype

• Independent R&D thinking, structured troubleshooting and technical English.

• We offer:*

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible

• A competitive salary and good compensation package

• Personalized career growth

• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)

• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing

• Education reimbursement

• Memorable anniversary presents

• Corporate events and team buildings

• Other location-specific benefits

• *not applicable for freelancers