Responsibilities
- Explore, develop in C++ and deploy embedded software features and workflows for the WingtraOne and upcoming products
- Analyze flight logs from internal testing and customers and expand the feature set of our log analysis toolchain in Python
- Develop and maintain the WingtraOne firmware codebase, ranging from sensor integration, through implementation of failsafe strategies and extension of online payload validation, to enhancement of communication protocols between system components
- Closely collaborate with the ground control app team to ensure a seamless customer experience
- Take responsibility for writing automated test procedures, flight simulation testing as well as in-field drone testing of your code
- Participate in team meetings, technical discussions, personal feedback sessions as well as company-wide all-hands meetings
Requirements
- You finished your B.Sc and are pursuing a M.Sc. degree in Software / Robotics / Mechatronics Engineering or a related technical field
- Hungry to learn, with outstanding general cognitive abilities and problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good command of spoken and written English
- Honest, humble, self-motivated with a preference for teamwork over individual work
- You are comfortable working in C / C++ and have developed software for a real-time operating system or embedded Linux either through university or other projects
- You are comfortable working in Python and handling large time series and data structures to extract valuable information either through university or other projects
Plus
- You have experience with version control, code review, CI and agile methodologies
- Familiar with PX4 flight stack, Dronecode SDK, MAVlink, low level communication (UART, SPI, CAN, I2C)
- Class or project focussed on guidance, navigation and/or control
- Experience with soldering
- Driving license (B)
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What We Do
Wingtra is the world's leading VTOL drone producer, headquartered in Switzerland. Since its market entry in early 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 80 of the biggest surveying equipment dealers across 50+ countries worldwide. Based in the heart of Zurich, Switzerland, Wingtra houses 100+ employees, out of which more than 40 focus on R&D. The majority of Wingtra's engineers are graduates of one of the best science universities in the world, ETH Zurich. The same engineers design and assemble drones in-house and form Wingtra's support team, which is based in Europe and the Americas. Our WingtraOne drone carries best-in-class sensors that collect survey-grade aerial data. This technologically-superior VTOL UAV is used by mapping professionals for applications that range from surveying and mining, to wildlife monitoring. WingtraOne PPK offers an all-in-one solution: broad coverage, brilliant resolution and absolute accuracy down to 1 cm (0.4 in)
