Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Location
- Brunswick
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Job Field
- Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop flight control software for unmanned aircraft, integrate new sensors, and optimize control parameters through simulations and tests.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As a Software Developer (m/f/d) in Flight Controlling, you are responsible for the development, customization, and validation of flight control software for UAS (particularly < 25 kg).
- The focus is on the design and testing of innovative control approaches, the integration of new sensor and actuator systems, as well as the further development of existing flight control architectures.
- Development, implementation, and testing of algorithms for flight control.
- Customization and extension of existing open-source autopilot software—particularly PX4—to specific platforms and mission requirements.
- Integration of new sensors, actuators, and drive systems into the flight control system.
- Conducting simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight tests (validation).
- Analysis and optimization of flight performance data, system behavior, and control parameters.
- Collaboration with teams from Visual-Based Navigation, AI Development, and System Engineering, as well as possibly with external partners.
- Documentation, code reviews, and ensuring software quality according to internal development guidelines.
- Support in designing technical concepts and roadmaps for future UAS platforms.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, or a comparable field.
Qualifications
- Solid knowledge in embedded software development C/C++, Python, etc.
- Excellent spoken and written proficiency in German and English.
- Analytical, systematic, and solution-oriented thinking, strong communication skills, as well as a focus on quality and a sense of responsibility in safety-critical applications.
Experience
- Experience in modeling, simulation, and analysis of dynamic systems, e.g., PX4 SITL, MATLAB / Simulink, Gazebo, etc.
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What we offer
- At our location in Braunschweig, we offer you: Flexible working hours.
- Attractive compensation and 30 days of vacation per year.
- Exciting, interdisciplinary, and international projects.
- A company culture that promotes professional and personal development.
- Profit sharing, stock purchase program, corporate pension scheme, bike leasing, Wellpass, corporate benefits platform.
- Free parking facilities.
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Benefits
Higher Take-Home Pay
Health, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Food & Drink
Topics You Will Work On
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About Your Employer
Rheinmetall AG
We are the driving force behind the automotive and defense industries. Through our innovative strength and technological expertise, we lead both sectors. We are now systematically building on our strength to achieve our goal.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Vehicle Manufacturing, Supplier, Industry, Production
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Software developer flight controlling
- Location
- Brunswick
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
