Senior Robotics Engineer

Senior / Principal Robotics Engineer (Flight Controls & Autonomy)

📍 Location: 100% Fully Remote (US-Based)

💰 Compensation: $170,000 – $200,000 + Founding-Team Equity

🛡️ Clearance: Must be a United States Citizen (Role requires active security clearance eligibility)

Our client is redefining the modern defense landscape by engineering low-cost, ultra-high-speed (140+ mph) Group 1 UAS and automated counter-drone interceptor technologies. As the winner of the U.S. Army’s xTechSearch 8 and backed by premier defense accelerators like NSIN and Capital Factory, we bridge the gap between high-speed startup innovation and mission-critical defense needs.

Why this role is different: Unlike typical hardware startups reliant on volatile venture capital cycles, AeroParagon’s runway and growth are fully secured by signed, stable government defense contracts. You get the explosive upside of a lean founding team with the financial ironclad security of locked-in federal funding.

🚀 What You Will Do

As our core Robotics Engineer, you will own the autonomy architecture and flight control software from simulation to deployment. You will design the brain of a highly tactical, agile autonomous platform built to operate effectively in contested, RF/GPS-denied environments.

• Architect Autonomy: Design, develop, and implement autonomous flight behaviors, obstacle avoidance, and target-tracking software.
• Control Loop Optimization: Deeply tune, test, and optimize low-level flight control loops, sensor fusion algorithms, and state estimation models.
• HITL/SITL Simulation: Build out robust hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and software-in-the-loop (SITL) simulation testing environments.
• Edge Deployment: Deploy highly optimized code directly to low-SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) edge hardware.

🛠️ What We Are Looking For

We need an autonomous systems expert who can hit the ground running with zero hand-holding on the core flight stack.

• Drone Platform Expertise: Deep, hands-on production experience working inside the PX4 autopilot ecosystem (or highly equivalent stacks like ArduPilot/MAVLink).
• Robust Programming: Strong foundational coding skills in C++ and Python, with solid familiarity using ROS/ROS2 for robotic systems.
• Simulation Savvy: Experience utilizing simulation frameworks like Gazebo or similar environments to validate flight software behaviors before physical testing.
• Hardware Familiarity: Comfortable working adjacent to embedded systems and microcontrollers, knowing how software decisions directly impact hardware performance.

📋 Role Requirements

• Citizenship: Due to the nature of our government contracts and defense systems, all applicants must be United States citizens capable of obtaining and maintaining a U.S. Security Clearance.
• Experience: 4+ years of dedicated engineering experience in UAS, robotics autonomy, or guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems.

🎁 What’s In It For You?

• 100% Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the United States while building advanced physical hardware.
• Founding Equity: Secure a meaningful equity stake in a fast-scaling defense tech startup at the ground level.
• True Job Stability: Rest easy knowing your work is backed by active, signed government revenue contracts.
• No Bureaucracy: Report directly to the founders, skip the corporate red tape, and see your code fly on physical platforms within weeks, not years.

This video showcases how counter-drone interceptor technologies are actively being deployed on the front lines to defend mobile military infrastructure against modern unmanned threat profiles.