Senior UAV Guidance & Controls Engineer
leonardo drsGermantown (MD)
Senior UAV Guidance & Controls Engineer
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leonardo drsGermantown (MD)
Electronics Engineers, Except ComputerSearch, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
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About the role
DRS RADA Technologies in Germantown, MD is seeking an onsite Senior Systems Engineer focused on Guidance, Navigation & Controls to join our UAV development team. You will develop algorithms to convert live radar tracks into real-time guidance, build interfaces for live data, and run SITL/HITL simulations, with opportunities for field testing. A U.S.
security clearance is required or ability to obtain one. Experience with Python/C++, drone autopilot hardware, and flight-software validation is
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