6 days ago
Munich, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Integrate, configure, and validate Auterion-powered drone systems across hardware, embedded firmware, and flight software layers.
- Flash and configure firmware using PX4 or other autopilot ecosystems, including sensor calibration, ESC tuning, and system bring-up.
- Perform end-of-line software validation, functional testing, payload and camera load testing, and flight-readiness testing.
- Troubleshoot embedded systems, communication interfaces, sensors, flight controllers, power systems, and hardware-software interactions.
- Conduct hands-on flight testing to validate platform stability, safety, reliability, and mission performance.
- Develop and improve UAV validation workflows to increase product quality, manufacturing throughput, and deployment readiness.
- Collaborate with hardware engineering, firmware/software, manufacturing, operations, QC engineering, external vendors, and equipment providers.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Aviation Technology, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is optional.
- Hands-on experience with autopilot, mission-planning, navigation software, firmware flashing, configuration, and flight validation.
- Strong foundation in embedded systems, firmware debugging, and hardware-software integration.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and/or MAVLink or equivalent datalink protocols.
- Experience with UAV sensor calibration, ESC tuning, and flight-controller configuration.
- Familiarity with Linux-based development and debugging environments.
- Experience with UAV flight testing, system validation, and troubleshooting in real-world operational environments.
- Understanding of drone manufacturing, quality-control processes, and end-of-line testing methodologies is a plus.
- Ability to collaborate across engineering and operations teams and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- EU citizenship is required.
About Auterion
Auterion builds an operating system and software platform for autonomous robots and drones, combining onboard autonomy with cloud-based fleet management for enterprise and government operators. It monetizes through commercial subscriptions, integrations, and support for its PX4-based stack used across delivery, inspection, and defense applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Auterion is privately held.