Flight Control

3 days ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India AutomindAI Full time

Company Description

We are an Indian aerospace startup building next-generation
autonomous aerial systems
for defense applications. We are developing platforms designed for speed, precision, and survivability.

Role Introduction

We are seeking a
UAV Autonomy & Flight Software Engineer
to join our core engineering team.

In this role, you will design and implement
flight autonomy, sensor fusion, mission logic, and swarm-ready software
for unmanned aerial systems. You will work across
flight control stacks, onboard perception, navigation, and decision-making software
, taking systems from
simulation → hardware → real flight testing.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on real
UAV behavior in the field
, not just simulations.

Key Responsibilities

Flight Autonomy & Mission Software

● Design and implement
autonomous flight behaviors
(takeoff, navigation, mission execution, recovery)

● Develop
mission logic
: waypoint navigation, loitering, dynamic rerouting, fail-safe behaviors

● Support both
multirotor and fixed-wing
flight profiles

● Implement autonomy for
high-speed, long-range, and time-critical missions

Sensor Fusion & Navigation

● Implement and tune
sensor fusion pipelines
using:

○ IMU

○ GNSS (GPS / multi-constellation)

○ Barometer

○ Magnetometer

○ Airspeed / pitot (where applicable)

● Work with
EKF / complementary filter–based state estimation

● Design navigation logic for
GPS-denied or degraded environments
(INS-based dead reckoning,

degraded modes)

Swarm & Distributed Autonomy

● Develop
multi-vehicle coordination logic
(leader–follower, redundancy, task handover)

● Design decentralized behaviors where vehicles can continue missions despite node loss

● Implement inter-vehicle communication for shared state and coordination

Flight Control Stack Integration

● Work directly with
PX4 and/or ArduPilot
at configuration and code level

● Integrate autonomy modules with flight control loops

● Modify or extend autopilot behavior when required by mission logic

Simulation, Testing & Validation

● Develop and validate autonomy using
SITL / HITL

● Use
MATLAB/Simulink, Gazebo, X-Plane, or similar tools
for modeling and testing

● Analyze real flight logs and iteratively improve performance

● Support real-world
ground tests and flight tests

Required Technical Skills

Core Flight & Autonomy

● Strong understanding of
UAV flight dynamics

● Experience with
autonomous navigation and control

● Familiarity with
state estimation and sensor fusion concepts

Software & Programming

●
C / C++
for flight-critical and embedded software

●
Python
for tooling, analysis, and mission scripting

● Experience with
Linux-based embedded systems

Communication & Middleware

● MAVLink

● CAN / DroneCAN

● UART, I2C, SPI

● ROS / ROS2 (preferred)

Simulation & Analysis

● MATLAB / Simulink

● SITL / HITL workflows

● Log analysis and debugging of real flight data

Education & Experience

●
B.Tech / M.Tech
in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Computer Science, or related fields

●
3–5 years
of hands-on experience in UAV autonomy, flight software, or robotics systems

What We Look For

● You understand how UAVs behave in real flight, not just theory

● You can reason about failure modes and edge cases

● You are comfortable debugging issues across software, sensors, and flight behavior

● You think in terms of systems, not isolated features

How to Apply

Please include:

● Resume (PDF)

● GitHub / portfolio (if available)

● A short note on a real UAV autonomy or flight software problem you worked on

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