Lead Embedded Engineer, Drone Systems

About Us

Aerora North America provides design, development, new product introduction, sourcing, and manufacturing services to the US drone industry. As a part of the research and development (R&D) team, you will join a team developing innovative solutions ranging from individual components to full drone systems. As the lead embedded engineer, you will lead our North American software development efforts and provide technical engineering leadership for our developers.

The position is hybrid in Santa Clara, California. In-person frequency driven by hardware development needs and customer needs.

Responsibilities

Responsible for drone and drone component software design, development, optimization, and maintenance

Responsible for researching new technologies and solving technical problems

Responsible for optimizing functionality, performance, stability, and other aspects

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or above in computer/electronics-related majors with 8 years or more of embedded software development work experience in industry

2 years' work experience in industry developing software for drones or remotely operated terrestrial robotics and sensor platforms

Proficient in C/C++ programming languages and data structures with good coding, testing, styling, and version control habits

Experience utilizing OEM hardware development kits for software development and working on prototype and pre-production embedded systems

Familiar with Linux application development and system programming, proficient in programming network sockets, multithreading, inter-process communication, etc.

Proficient in ARM-based embedded software development and debugging, proficient in compilation and debugging tools

Proficient in porting, timing, driver development, and application development for embedded Linux operating systems

Good communication skills, teamwork, and ability to work under pressure

Able to perform frequent medium lift work (11-25 pounds) and occasional heavy lifting work (25-70 pounds) for moving drones, parts, and test equipment

Preferred Qualifications

Ground control station development extending, modifying, and configuring QGroundControl on Android hosts

Software integration experience with ArduPilot/PX4 autopilots and related drone hardware ecosystem OEMs

Embedded configuration management, distro management, and firmware image creation, signature, distribution, and management for embedded Linux system-on-chip deployments

Experience with remote development over VPNs, remote server IDE environments, and using collaborative programming tools

Experience in system architecture design, Image Signal Processing (ISP) architecture design, and Linux kernel-related development

Previous experience in an IP camera company or chip companies with an understanding of video encoding/decoding protocols across various hardware interfaces

Understanding of AI system configuration, training, and model deployment leveraging neural processing units and industry standard libraries

Secure coding and system design practices including SELinux, firewalls, privilege control, and encryption

Ability to become a certified FAA Part 107 pilot

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