You will be a core developer on MANAS, our indigenous edge autopilot, and own PCB design and embedded firmware across our UAV platforms — from nano-swarm drones to heavy-lift VTOLs. This is a hands-on role covering schematic capture to flight-tested firmware.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain firmware for the MANAS autopilot stack (RTOS-based, safety-critical flight code).
- End-to-end PCB design: schematic capture, component selection, layout, stack-up planning, DFM/DFA, and bring-up of flight controllers, power distribution boards, ESC interfaces, and sensor breakout boards.
- Develop and debug drivers for IMUs, barometers, magnetometers, GNSS receivers, CAN/UART/SPI/I2C peripherals, and RC/telemetry links.
- Implement and tune real-time control loops, sensor fusion pipelines, and failsafe logic on microcontrollers (STM32/similar) and companion computers.
- Conduct HIL/SIL testing, EMI/EMC-aware design, and support environmental qualification for military-grade requirements.
- Support field trials: firmware flashing, in-field debugging, log analysis, rapid iteration.
- Maintain compliance with supply-chain requirements (e.g., exclusion of restricted-origin components for MoD programmes).
Requirements
- Indian citizenship is required.
- B.Tech/M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical, or Embedded Systems.
- 3+ years of embedded firmware development in C/C++ on ARM Cortex-M/A class processors.
- Proven PCB design experience (Altium/KiCad/OrCAD) with at least 2–3 boards taken from schematic to production.
- Strong grasp of RTOS concepts (FreeRTOS/NuttX/Zephyr), interrupt handling, DMA, and low-level debugging (JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes).
- Familiarity with communication protocols: CAN, MAVLink, UART, SPI, I2C, USB.
- Roles involve periodic travel to field trial locations (Army/Navy establishments across India).
Nice to have
- Prior work on PX4/ArduPilot internals or a proprietary autopilot.
- Experience with brushless motor control, ESC firmware, or power electronics.
- Exposure to DO-178C/MIL-STD design practices or defence qualification testing.
Additional details
- Location: New Delhi (on-site)
- Company: Defence-tech startup building autonomous UAV systems for the Indian Armed Forces — GNSS-denied navigation, edge autopilots, swarm coordination, tactical and heavy-lift UAVs.
- Team: Avionics & Firmware
- Experience: 3–6 years
- Type: Full-time, New Delhi
- To apply: careers@telebortix.com (update with actual address) with the role name in the subject line, CV, and links to relevant work (GitHub, projects, publications).
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