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About the role
We are seeking a UAS Systems Integration Engineer II to join our growing hardware team. This is a deeply technical, hands-on engineering role for someone who lives at the intersection of firmware, electronics, and airframe design. You will help drive the development of the technical architecture of our fixed-wing UAV platform — co-developing the autopilot stack, airframe, payload integration, and C2 link from the ground up.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or a closely related field, equivalent hands-on experience will be considered
- Proficiency in C++ and Python, with demonstrated experience reading, modifying, and debugging ArduPilot source code, strong familiarity with MAVLink protocol and GCS tooling,
- Hands-on experience with ArduPilot or PX4 based autopilot systems, preferably in production-ready or real-mission contexts,
- Experience with RF link design, C2 spectrum compliance, antenna selection, and electronics integration for long-range UAV systems,
- Electronics design and integration experience required, PCB design and fabrication experience is a strong plus,
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate is a plus (or the ability to obtain is required), BVLOS waiver experience is a strong plus,
More about this role
Flagship Pioneering is a platform innovation company that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health, sustainability and beyond exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from disease detection and treatment and nature-positive agriculture to novel applications of AI that are driving the creation of new technologies.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance science and technology by uniting innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the...
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