• Role OverviewAs an experienced Lead Engineer with expertise in flight control systems and companion compute platforms, your leading role will be in designing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions across NXP-based PX4 flight controllers and Nvidia-based and Qualcomm-based mission computers. You will optimize solutions for reliability, safety, and performance in complex UAV operations.
• This position requires a deep understanding of real-time embedded systems, proficiency in PX4 autopilot software, and the ability to integrate high-performance applications on NVIDIA& Qualcomm IQ9 platforms. As a leader in our UAV development projects, you will play a key role in shaping our autonomy stack, ensuring scalability, safety, and secure communication across the system.
• Lead engineer will take ownership in developing SW features and productization of the TII Secure Software Platform for large-scale defense UxV (Unmanned Vehicle) mission computer applications.

Functional ActivitiesAutonomy Software Development:Integrate robotics applications on NVIDIA & Qualcomm IQ9 platforms for perception, planning, and navigation.Develop and integrate ROS2-based nodes and middleware to support modular autonomy stacks.Optimize GPU-based AI/ML workloads for real-time inference, sensor fusion, and decision-making.System Integration and Middleware:

• Experience implementing secure application-level network protocols (NATS, ACL, DDS, etc.) between robotic platforms and Ground Control Station
• applications, including message exchange, authentication, encryption, telemetry, command/control flows, and secure communication handling.Develop tools and APIs for efficient data exchange across mission-critical components.Support multi-sensor integration (camera, LiDAR, GNSS, IMU) with ROS2 middleware.Has basic understanding on Flight Controller devices and PX4-based flight-control platforms, including real-time operation, MAVLink/UDP communication, telemetry, command/control flows, parameter management, sensor/peripheral interfaces, and integration with NVIDIA-based Mission Computer software.Ability to work with Flight Controller hardware, FPGA, security, and systems teams to validate end-to-end integration across Mission Computer, Flight Controller, Ground Control Station, and unmanned vehicle platforms.