Systems Engineer, Robotics Integration

AITAN is building the operating platform for multi-drone warfare, a battle-proven system that augments, deploys, and orchestrates autonomous drone fleets across any mission, any environment, and any vendor. With over 500,000 hours of frontline operational use and TRL-9 validation, our software is not a prototype. It runs in combat, every day, shaping outcomes in some of the most contested and complex environments on earth.

We unify drone control, edge-AI processing, and mission execution into a single operational loop, from detection to decision to strike. Our platform gives a single operator the ability to command and coordinate an entire fleet in real time: persistent aerial surveillance, automated target recognition, shared tactical picture, and seamless handoff from ISR to kinetic response, without manual delay.

We are expanding our US engineering team in the New York metropolitan area. Our office is easily accessible from New York City. If you want to work on technology that matters, not in a lab, but validated in the field, this is the role for you.

The Role

We are looking for a Systems Engineer with a strong hybrid profile, equally comfortable designing a PCB schematic and writing embedded firmware, to own the full integration lifecycle of drones, robotics platforms, and third-party systems into the AITAN platform.

This is a hands-on, end-to-end role at the intersection of hardware and software. You will design electronics and circuits where needed, write the embedded code that makes systems talk, integrate third-party payloads and sensors, work directly with drone OEMs and component vendors, and validate everything in lab, simulation, and field environments. You won't just connect systems; you'll own them from first bring-up to deployed capability.

What You'll Do

• Lead the integration of drone platforms, robotics systems, sensors, payloads, and third-party hardware into the AITAN platform ecosystem
• Design hardware solutions: schematics, PCB layouts, power systems, and signal conditioning circuits, to support new integrations and custom interface requirements
• Write embedded firmware and low-level software to enable communication between hardware components, flight controllers, and the AITAN C2 layer
• Develop integration scripts, test harnesses, and automated validation tools to verify system reliability across platforms and configurations
• Interface directly with drone OEMs, hardware vendors, and payload manufacturers, evaluating components, managing supplier relationships, and resolving technical issues under field conditions
• Debug complex, cross-domain issues spanning electronics, firmware, networking, communication protocols, and operator workflows
• Define and execute hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and system-level test plans in lab, simulation, and real-world flight environments