Position Description



This position is for a Drone Test Engineer responsible for the full life-cycle of testing research-oriented robots for the air, ground, and maritime domains. The Drone Test Engineer also shares responsibility for day-to-day operations of the Autonomous Systems Development Facility (ASDF), including support to engineering staff from across the organization in the development of autonomous system prototypes, from implementation through indoor and outdoor testing and field experimentation. Activities include building experimental UxS, integrating payloads and software, debugging and editing software as needed, transporting, flying UxS, and post-processing data from field tests. The role also has a significant footprint surrounding field test planning and getting appropriate test plans approved internally and externally.




Responsibilities




+ Operation of fixed-wing and multi-rotor UAVs in indoor and outd...