AI-powered counter-drone (C-sUAS) defense systems. Edda — fast, low-cost, autonomous-capable point defense for the FPV drone era. Built in Austin, TX. Backed by Y Combinator.
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Job Title: Lead Robotics Engineer
Company Overview
9 Mothers Defense develops AI-enabled systems to counter unmanned aerial threats. Our first product, EDDA, is an autonomous counter-sUAS point-defense platform designed to detect, track, and neutralize Group 1 drone threats. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Position Summary
9 Mothers is seeking a Robotics Lead to own the control systems and motion engineering for our counter-sUAS platform. The Robotics Lead is responsible for the design, implementation, and tuning of the high-bandwidth control loops and state estimation that enable EDDA to track and engage small, fast-moving aerial targets with precision. This is a senior individual contributor position focused on control theory.
Essential Duties
Design, implement, and tune the control stack for EDDA's motion system, including actuators and gimbaled subsystems.
Develop and maintain high-bandwidth control loops, including PID, feedforward, and model-predictive control as appropriate to the application.
Develop and maintain state estimation pipelines that fuse inertial measurement unit data, encoder feedback, and perception output into a consistent target...
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