Aeronautical System Engineer – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Multirotor & Fixed-Wing)

Location: Petah Tikva (IL)

Description

We are looking for an experienced System Engineer to lead multidisciplinary development activities in the field of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), with a focus on multirotor and fixed-wing platforms. The role includes system-level design, preliminary aircraft design, architecture definition, subsystem integration, and flight performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead system engineering activities for unmanned aerial platforms (UAVs)
• Perform preliminary design and optimization of multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft
• Define and optimize propulsion systems, including propellers, pitch, thrust, power, and motor selection
• Design system architecture for avionics, onboard computing, communication systems, and sensors
• Develop and analyze flight control and stability systems
• Tune and optimize control loops (PID tuning)
• Work with ArduPilot-based autopilot systems
• Define interfaces between hardware, software, control, and avionics subsystems
• Analyze aircraft performance, energy consumption, payload capacity, and flight endurance
• Support integration, ground testing, and flight testing activities
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and control engineering teams

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Proven experience in system engineering for unmanned aerial vehicles
• Strong understanding of preliminary aircraft design for multirotor and fixed-wing UAVs
• Experience with flight control, aircraft stability, and control loop tuning
• Hands-on experience with ArduPilot systems
• Deep understanding of propulsion system matching and optimization
• Experience defining avionics and airborne computing architectures
• Familiarity with sensors, navigation systems, and communication systems
• Strong multidisciplinary system-level thinking and integration capabilities

Advantages:

• Experience with autonomous systems
• Flight test and system integration experience
• Familiarity with aviation standards and certification processes
• Experience with AI / Vision-based systems