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Senior flight Control Firmware Engineer

DMR Technologies
Lafayette, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/7/2026
Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance


Build the next generation of American-made drones.

DMR Technologies is building advanced unmanned aircraft for agriculture, infrastructure, public safety, and defense. We're looking for an experienced Flight Control Firmware Engineer to own and advance the embedded software that powers our flight controllers.

You'll inherit a mature production codebase and help drive the next generation of flight performance, reliability, and autonomous capability.

What You'll Do

  • Own and improve flight controller firmware
  • Develop embedded software for STM32-based systems
  • Enhance RTK, GPS, IMU, sensor fusion, and navigation performance
  • Design and integrate new flight features
  • Support production, testing, and manufacturing
  • Work closely with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams


What We're Looking For

  • 5 years of embedded firmware experience
  • Experience with drone or aerospace flight control systems
  • Strong C/C development skills
  • STM32, RTOS, or bare-metal experience
  • Sensor fusion, IMU, GNSS/RTK, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C experience
  • Comfortable taking ownership of complex embedded systems


Bonus Points

  • Agricultural drone experience
  • Autonomy or robotics background
  • RTK positioning expertise
  • UAV mass production experience


Why DMR?

  • Build products that fly in the real world
  • Design American-made drone technology
  • Small team. Big impact.
  • Competitive compensation
  • Excellent benefits
  • Career growth in a rapidly expanding company

Salary : $50,000 - $140,000

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