AeroParagon - Robotics Autonomy Engineer
fabricAustin, Texas, United States
Posted January 28, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
AeroParagon is a startup building intelligent counter-drone systems to protect service members, critical infrastructure, and the public from threats posed by small unmanned aircraft.
Job Description
AeroParagon is building intelligent counter-drone systems to protect service members, critical infrastructure, and the public from threats posed by small unmanned aircraft. We combine autonomous aircraft, advanced sensing, and AI-driven perception to detect, track, and intercept hostile drones in complex environments.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience building robotics, autonomy, or flight-control systems with real-world test or field validation
- Proficiency in Python (tooling, autonomy logic, test harnesses, data/log analysis) and C/C++ (performance-critical or lower-level components)
- Experience with ROS/ROS 2 or other robotics middleware
- Demonstrated ability to implement and tune closed-loop control behaviors for real vehicles
- Experience integrating and debugging onboard sensors on Linux or real-time embedded systems (RTOS/MCU)
- Comfortable on Ubuntu/Linux for development + debugging, git version control, and basic robot-to-control networking
- Low-ego, collaborative mindset; comfortable owning features end-to-end
- Willing to support occasional lab tests, field tests, and work with real hardware/logs
