Senior Staff Application Technology Architect – Drone & UAV Applications

Responsibilities: Define and own end-to-end UAV system architectures covering flight control, mission computing, sensing, propulsion, power, connectivity, and ground-control interfaces Translate mission requirements into system, hardware, software, performance, safety, and interface requirements Drive HW/SW partitioning across MCUs, MPUs/SoCs, AI accelerators, sensors, power electronics, and actuators Define architectures for flight control, sensor fusion, navigation, autonomous mission execution, and safety-critical functions Specify and integrate sensing solutions (IMUs, GNSS/RTK, cameras, radar, LiDAR, ultrasonic, environmental sensors) Define compute architectures for edge AI, CV, VO, SLAM, object detection, and autonomous decision-making Develop robust communication architectures for C2, telemetry, payload data, remote ID, V2V, cloud connectivity, and ground-control systems Define power and propulsion architectures including battery management, motor control, and thermal management Ensure safety, cybersecurity, redundancy, fault containment, and fail-safe behaviors in system architecture Collaborate with product groups and engineering teams to deliver cohesive semiconductor-based solutions Support product roadmaps by identifying UAV requirements, gaps, and opportunities for differentiated solutions Guide design reviews, integration, verification, validation, and flight-test activities across the lifecycle Engage OEMs, partners, research institutes to understand needs and accelerate design-in Explain system concepts, trade-offs, and reference capabilities to customers Monitor market trends and regulations to translate insights into architectures and strategies Influence roadmaps by aligning UAV requirements with semiconductor investments Contribute to reference architectures, evaluation platforms, proofs of concept, and reusable building blocks Provide technical mentoring and domain guidance to internal teams

Key requirements: 8+ years in drone/UAV/aerospace/robotics/embedded-system development with architecture and integration responsibility Proven track record as System Architect, Chief Engineer, Technical Lead, or Senior Hands-on experience across UAV platform lifecycle: architecture, development, integration, flight test, deployment Deep understanding of UAV architectures: flight controllers, avionics, propulsion, power, payloads, links, and ground-control Strong knowledge of embedded systems, MCUs, MPUs/SoCs, real-time software, embedded Linux, RTOS, and heterogeneous computing Experience in flight control, estimation, sensor fusion, navigation, GNSS/RTK, perception, autonomy, or safety-critical UAV functions collaboration strategic thinking communication UAV architectures and platforms MCUs and MPUs/SoCs, RTOS, embedded Linux edge AI, computer vision, SLAM, visual-inertial odometry