About the role

Lead deployment of autonomy solutions on partner UAV platforms at Fiducial. Involves integration, testing, and ensuring solutions work reliably in real-world conditions.

Responsibilities

Plan out and lead end-to-end deployment of autonomy solutions on partner UAV platforms, from system integration and bench testing to flight testing and production readiness.
Solve complex integration challenges by fluidly switching between software-first and hardware-first approaches, depending on what the problem requires.
Diagnose and resolve issues spanning networking, sensors, avionics interfaces, power systems, and autonomy software.
Oversee integration activities across internal and external stakeholders, ensuring progress across parallel workstreams.
Plan, coordinate, and execute flight tests in collaboration with project managers and partner teams.
Work directly with customers and partners to align technical expectations, communicate tradeoffs, and ensure successful deployment outcomes.
Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable workflows, process improvements, and best practices that improve execution quality and team efficiency across integration streams.
Contribute to a collaborative team culture by recognizing and leveraging the strengths of colleagues across disciplines.
Traveling to partner sites, including international locations, to work on-site and ensure the solutions function reliably in demanding real-world conditions ("in the dirt").

Experience leading technical integration or deployment efforts for complex robotic, aerospace, or embedded systems.
Exposure to both hardware and software integration problems, with the ability to independently troubleshoot across the stack.
Experience with aerospace systems, preferably unmanned vehicles, and familiarity with related electronic systems.
Experience working with single-board computers, embedded Linux systems, and/or microcontrollers (MCUs).
Demonstrated ability to lead deployments from integration and testing through production rollout on customer or partner platforms.
Experience coordinating or supporting flight tests or similar field-validation exercises.
Demonstrated ability to set up, improve, and scale operational or engineering processes in a fast-moving environment.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, program, and customer teams.
Ability to manage multiple technical streams simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and execution quality.
Experience working with drone flight controllers such as Ardupilot, PX4, or Betaflight.
Being comfortable travelling often and for extended periods.
Availability to work irregular hours when required (for flight tests, deployments, and partner schedules).

Money of course.
25 vacation days per year.
Reimbursed travel expenses and company laptop.
Traveling abroad to work with our partners.
(Really) flexible working hours and option to work from home 2 days per week (when not abroad).
Working in an international, world-class team of engineers and entrepreneurs solving real-life problems with amazing technology.
Large freedom in how you work and implement solutions, project ownership is incredibly important to us.
The opportunity to take technical risks, to implement stuff the ‘right’ way and to iterate quickly with tight feedback loops. We are innovating, learning is to be expected.
Responsibility over the things you implement, you are the expert on what you build.