Senior Systems Engineer, Aviation

Role Overview

• 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.