Flock Safety

Senior Systems Engineer, Aviation

Flock Safety

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Work on the full drone platform, bringing together payloads, propulsion, connectivity, flight control, and other critical subsystems into a system that performs reliably in the real world.
  • Partner across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and connectivity teams to validate how the entire aircraft comes together, troubleshoot issues across subsystem boundaries, and improve performance through testing and iteration.
  • Integrate new payloads, tune flight behavior, and refine system performance.

Requirements

  • Experience working with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drone platforms
  • Hands-on experience integrating and validating complex subsystems such as payloads, propulsion, connectivity, and flight control components
  • Strong background in system-level debugging across electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces
  • Experience with flight testing and real-world performance validation
  • Experience tuning PID controllers
  • Experience working with PX4 firmware or similar flight control software
  • Familiarity with flight controller filtering, position estimation, and optimization
  • Ability to understand how an entire drone platform fits together, not just an individual subsystem
  • Background in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, robotics, mechanical engineering, or a related field
  • Prior experience in the drone industry is strongly preferred
  • Candidates from adjacent robotics, aerospace, or autonomous systems backgrounds may also be considered if they bring relevant hands-on UAS or vehicle integration experience
  • Portfolio of hobby, side, or personal projects involving drones, robotics, or autonomous systems is a strong plus
  • Must be based in or willing to relocate to Atlanta, GA
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO: We offer non-accrual PTO, plus 11 company holidays.
  • Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.
  • Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.
  • Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
  • Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.
  • Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support.
  • Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.
  • ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer four ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.
  • WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.
  • Productivity Stipend: $300 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo and so much more.
  • Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
unmanned aerial systemsdrone platformssystem-level debuggingflight testingPID controllersPX4 firmwareflight control softwareposition estimationoptimizationsubsystem integration
Soft Skills
troubleshootingcollaborationperformance improvementiterationunderstanding of systems