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title: 'Senior UAV Control Systems Engineer at Avol'
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# Senior UAV Control Systems Engineer at Avol

- **Company:** Avol
- **Location:** Brooklyn
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-06-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/avol/am9icG9zdDrGh-OLTjgmw3T08API3L5r

## Job description

## Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and tune control algorithms for autonomous UAV operations in both multicopter and fixed-wing modes.
- Develop and maintain SITL/HITL test environments using PX4, ROS2, and Gazebo to simulate real-world flight conditions and edge cases.
- Integrate and configure flight controllers across a range of airframes, including VTOLs and hybrid platforms.
- Contribute to the development of vision-based detect-and-avoid systems for autonomous navigation in GPS-denied or cluttered environments.
- Analyze flight logs and onboard data to debug and optimize flight performance and reliability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, perception, and software teams to deliver robust, real-world-ready autonomy. Required Qualifications
- M.S. in Controls Engineering (or similar) or equivalent practical experience
- 3-6+ years of experience in UAV development with a focus on autonomy and control systems.
- Technical knowledge of fault-tolerance in flight control systems, navigation systems, and contingency management
- Strong experience with PX4 flight stack, MAVLink protocol, and flight controller integration.
- Proficient in ROS2, C++, Python, and simulation tools such as Gazebo.
- Experience with matlab/simulink -> code generation pipeline
- Demonstrated expertise in tuning control loops (attitude, position, rate) and implementing onboard autonomy.
- Familiarity with aircraft dynamics, stability and control fundamentals

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working with both multicopter (MC) and fixed-wing (FW) platforms, including hybrid VTOL systems.
- Familiarity with tailsitter VTOLs, transition dynamics, and tuning for mixed flight modes.
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson or similar onboard compute platforms for real-time vision.
- Knowledge of SLAM, optical flow, or visual-inertial odometry for navigation.
- Understanding of regulatory constraints for autonomous and BVLOS UAV operations.
- Familiarity with simulation methods, particularly medium to large scale monte carlo testing

## What We Offer

- A collaborative, technically deep team passionate about autonomous aviation.
- Opportunities to work at the edge of UAV technology, from R&D to real-world deployment.
- Flexible remote work options, competitive compensation, and equity participation.

## About Avol

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Avol provides time-critical drone delivery of blood, organs, tissue, and medical supplies between hospitals using autonomous, electric blended-wing aircraft.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, Jan 2026)
- **Headquarters**: St. Louis, Missouri, United States (with operations in Brooklyn, New York)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Drone delivery / medical logistics / aerospace automation
- **Target customers**: Hospitals, transplant centers, blood banks, and other medical institutions (B2B)
- **Mission or purpose**: Deliver things faster – “When a transplant organ, a matched blood unit, or a stem-cell therapy is stuck in traffic, the clock doesn’t stop — and neither do we.”

## Products & Services
- **Drone Delivery Service**: Autonomous, electric aircraft that fly direct, deconflicted corridors for medical payloads. Covers 100–400 mile distances, bypassing traffic and reducing delivery time from hours to minutes.
- **Cold Chain Container**: Temperature-validated payload containers (compatible with UN3373 and OPTN standards) for whole blood, platelets, stem cells, organs, tissue, diagnostics, and pharmacy STAT orders.
- **Dashboard & Dispatch Platform**: A dispatcher books a route via the Avol dashboard, seals the payload, and tracks telemetry live throughout the flight.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – $3.8M (Series A, January 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Cultivation Capital, Draper Associates
- **Growth Signals**: 4+ deliveries per day; active footprint across 8 states; recognized by TechCrunch (“Celebrating outstanding achievement”), Entrepreneur (“Most Fundable Companies 2025”), St. Louis Business Journal (“Startups to Watch 2026”), and Newlab (“On a mission”)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Autonomous blended-wing aircraft** designed for efficiency and direct routing – traffic does not apply at altitude.
- **Priced competitively** with road transport (no vehicle, no driver hours, no idling costs).
- **Cold chain compliance** with medical standards (UN3373, OPTN) and full chain-of-custody tracking.
- **Focus on the tightest ischemic clocks** in medicine (organs, stem cells) where every minute matters.

## Strategic Focus
- Building the first dedicated drone corridors for medicine, anchored in St. Louis and Brooklyn.
- Expanding active footprint across more states and hospital networks.
- Scaling delivery volume while maintaining reliability and regulatory compliance.

## Why Work Here
- **Small, mission-driven team** (12 employees) working on high-impact aerospace and healthcare logistics.
- **Remote-friendly** with hybrid options in Brooklyn, NY (Newlab at Navy Yard) and St. Louis, MO (HQ).
- **Cutting-edge technology**: autonomous flight, electric aircraft, real-time telemetry, cold chain engineering.
- **Culture of speed and purpose** – every delivery directly impacts patient outcomes (transplants, trauma, cellular therapies).
- **Recent awards** and strong investor backing signal growth trajectory and market validation.

## Sources
1. [Built In – Avol Jobs & Careers](https://builtin.com/company/avol/jobs)
2. [Avol Aerospace – Official Website](https://www.avolaerospace.com/)
3. [Built In – Avol Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/avol)
4. [Indexed.vc – Avol Company Profile & Funding](https://indexed.vc/companies/avol)

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- [Part 107 BVLOS Pilot / Medical Courier Operations Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/part-107-bvlos-pilot-medical-courier-operations-specialist-avol-fayetteville-ksew6dnn1rhj) — Fayetteville
- [Operations & Sales Execution Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/operations-sales-execution-lead-avol-brooklyn-qrtw2bdd9450) — Brooklyn
- [Drone Test Pilot & Certification Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/drone-test-pilot-certification-specialist-avol-brooklyn-dp505n1yxb1p) — Brooklyn