UAS Ground Control Engineer

Location: Arlington, VA Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $85.00 USD Hourly Description: Title: UAS Ground Control Engineer
Type: Contract - 6+ months

Location: Crystal City, VA - Hybrid


Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing autonomous robotic behaviors, including path planning, localization, guidance, state estimation, and distributed or multi-agent coordination
• Experience developing, testing, benchmarking, and deploying autonomy software and algorithms using robotics middleware such as ROS or ROS2 and/or simulation environments
• Experience working with uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), including flight control systems, mission systems, and ground control systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience; 5+ years preferred
• Professional software development experience using Python and C++ with modern software design principles and patterns
• Experience with Conan and/or Nix for software dependency management and development environment configuration
• Experience working in Linux-based development environments
• Experience with source control systems, build automation tools, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, testing methodologies, and code quality standards

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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