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Guidance and Controls Engineer
Sentradel · Nevada Office
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About Sentradel Over 90 percent of combat deaths in Ukraine are caused by small drones. In Colombia, over 100 military and police officers have been killed by cartel operated drones. Shahed drones hit civilian and military targets across the Middle East uncontested. Unjammable fiber optic and AI controlled drones are making the threat cheaper, faster, and harder to stop. This problem will only get worse. Sentradel is a defense startup building autonomous, low cost kinetic turret systems designed to defeat Group 1 (small FPV drones) and low flying Group 2 drone threats. We have shot down dozens of drones in live fire testing, have active Department of War agreements, commercial partnerships, and sales. How we work Full time, in person at our Minden, Nevada office. We also travel and test frequently at ranges across the US with partners and customers. Job Overview We are seeking a guidance and controls engineer to be responsible for gimbal control, state estimation, and target leading for the turret. Responsibilities
- Design and tune closed loop control for the gimbal
- Build state estimation and target leading Qualifications
- You have built closed loop control systems with a strong understanding of classical controls and state estimation
- Experience with ROS
- C++ experience US Person Requirement Sentradel is a US defense contractor and this role involves access to export-controlled technical data. Applicants must be a US Person as defined under ITAR (22 CFR 120.62): a US citizen, US lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or a protected individual such as a refugee or asylee.