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Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Hydro Drone Architect to design and architect advanced autonomous drone systems for water-based, marine, and hydro-environment applications. The role will focus on autonomous navigation, robotics, sensing, AI, communication, and control systems. Key Responsibilities • Design end-to-end architecture for water-based autonomous drone systems. • Develop solutions for navigation, positioning, control, sensing, and autonomous operations. • Integrate AI/ML, computer vision, LiDAR, sonar, GPS/GNSS, IMU, cameras, and environmental sensors. • Design communication and telemetry architecture for remote and autonomous operations. • Develop integration between flight/vehicle controllers, robotics software, edge computing, and cloud platforms. • Architect real-time data collection, processing, analytics, and monitoring systems. • Design fail-safe mechanisms, redundancy, geofencing, and autonomous recovery capabilities. • Collaborate with robotics, embedded, AI/ML, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams. • Lead technical architecture, proof-of-concepts, system integration, testing, and deployment. Required Skills • 10+ years in robotics, autonomous systems, drone/UAV/USV architecture, or related engineering. • Strong experience with autonomous robotics and control systems. • Expertise in ROS/ROS2, Python, C/C++, and real-time systems. • Experience with GPS/GNSS, IMU, LiDAR, sonar, computer vision, and sensor fusion. • Strong understanding of navigation, localization, path planning, and obstacle avoidance. • Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and robotics communication protocols. • Knowledge of AI/ML and computer vision for autonomous operations. • Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, edge computing, IoT, telemetry, and data pipelines. • Strong understanding of system safety, reliability, cybersecurity, and fault tolerance. Preferred Skills • Experience with marine robotics, autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), underwater drones (AUVs), or hydrographic surveying. • Experience with sonar, bathymetric mapping, water-quality sensors, and marine navigation. • Knowledge of MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, DDS, CAN, MQTT, or similar protocols. • Experience with digital twins, simulation, Gazebo, or NVIDIA Isaac. • Experience designing systems for harsh environmental conditions.

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Design end-to-end architecture for water-based autonomous drone systems.
Develop solutions for navigation, positioning, control, sensing, and autonomous operations.
Integrate AI/ML, computer vision, LiDAR, sonar, GPS/GNSS, IMU, cameras, and environmental sensors.
Design communication and telemetry architecture for remote and autonomous operations.
Develop integration between flight/vehicle controllers, robotics software, edge computing, and cloud platforms.
Architect real-time data collection, processing, analytics, and monitoring systems.
Design fail-safe mechanisms, redundancy, geofencing, and autonomous recovery capabilities.
Collaborate with robotics, embedded, AI/ML, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams.
Lead technical architecture, proof-of-concepts, system integration, testing, and deployment.
10+ years in robotics, autonomous systems, drone/UAV/USV architecture, or related engineering.
Strong experience with autonomous robotics and control systems.
Expertise in ROS/ROS2, Python, C/C++, and real-time systems.
Experience with GPS/GNSS, IMU, LiDAR, sonar, computer vision, and sensor fusion.
Strong understanding of navigation, localization, path planning, and obstacle avoidance.
Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and robotics communication protocols.
Knowledge of AI/ML and computer vision for autonomous operations.
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, edge computing, IoT, telemetry, and data pipelines.
Strong understanding of system safety, reliability, cybersecurity, and fault tolerance.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with marine robotics, autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), underwater drones (AUVs), or hydrographic surveying.
Experience with sonar, bathymetric mapping, water-quality sensors, and marine navigation.
Knowledge of MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, DDS, CAN, MQTT, or similar protocols.
Experience with digital twins, simulation, Gazebo, or NVIDIA Isaac.
Experience designing systems for harsh environmental conditions.

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