Aeronautical System Engineer – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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Summary
Location
Petah Tikva, Israel
Work
Full-time
Key Skills
Job Classification
About this Job
We are looking for an experienced System Engineer to lead multidisciplinary development activities in the field of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), with a focus on multirotor and fixed-wing platforms. The role includes system-level design, preliminary aircraft design, architecture definition, subsystem integration, and flight performance optimization.
Responsibilities
- Lead system engineering activities for unmanned aerial platforms (UAVs)
- Perform preliminary design and optimization of multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft
- Define and optimize propulsion systems, including propellers, pitch, thrust, power, and motor selection
- Design system architecture for avionics, onboard computing, communication systems, and sensors
- Develop and analyze flight control and stability systems
- Tune and optimize control loops (PID tuning)
- Work with ArduPilot-based autopilot systems
- Define interfaces between hardware, software, control, and avionics subsystems
- Analyze aircraft performance, energy consumption, payload capacity, and flight endurance
- Support integration, ground testing, and flight testing activities
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and control engineering teams
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Proven experience in system engineering for unmanned aerial vehicles
- Strong understanding of preliminary aircraft design for multirotor and fixed-wing UAVs
- Experience with flight control, aircraft stability, and control loop tuning
- Hands-on experience with ArduPilot systems
- Deep understanding of propulsion system matching and optimization
- Experience defining avionics and airborne computing architectures
- Familiarity with sensors, navigation systems, and communication systems
- Strong multidisciplinary system-level thinking and integration capabilities
Advantages:
- Experience with autonomous systems
- Flight test and system integration experience
- Familiarity with aviation standards and certification processes
- Experience with AI / Vision-based systems
About the Company
Airobotics
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