Mid-Level Robotics Engineer

Location: IIT Kanpur | Type: Full-time | Level: Mid-level (3-7 years)

Invictron Systems develops autonomous defense technologies that operate reliably in GNSS-denied, GPS-contested, and electronically hostile environments. The company builds end-to-end autonomous warfare solutions, including intelligent ground control systems, UAV software, and real-time object detection, tracking, and aiming to enhance situational awareness and decision-making. 

Founded and led by IIT alumni and mentors, Invictron focuses on creating sovereign battlefield autonomy for India, reducing reliance on imported drone and UAV systems. While its primary focus is defense and aerospace, Invictron also aims to adapt these technologies for commercial applications, driving broader real-world impact.

We're a small team. Everyone here works close to the hardware and the mission.

You won't be writing algorithms in isolation. You'll be the person who makes everything actually fly.

At Invictron, you don't belong to one department; you belong to the whole system. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop system architectures, implement control and navigation logic, and validate performance through simulations, lab testing, and field trials. You don't need to be a controls expert, but you can't be a stranger to it either.

You'll own the pipeline from Gazebo simulation to SITL to hardware-in-the-loop to real flight. When something works in sim and breaks on hardware, you're the one who figures out why and fixes it before it matters.

Day to day, you'll:

• Design and maintain the ROS 2 architecture that ties perception, navigation, and control together
• Build the CI/CD pipelines (Docker) that catch integration failures before they become flight failures
• Integrate flight controllers (PX4/ArduPilot), companion computers, cameras, and telemetry systems
• Work directly with the AI and Control teams to surface integration assumptions before they turn into bugs
• Make the developer experience faster for everyone: one command to launch the sim, one command to deploy to hardware

Most robotics engineers spend years working on one layer of the stack. Here you own the layer that makes all the others useful. You'll see the full arc, from a node that works on your laptop to a drone that works in the field, and know exactly which decisions made the difference.

You'll thrive here if you:

• Have strong Systems Engineering and Systems Design skills for complex robotics and UAV platforms.
• Are Proficient in Troubleshooting and Technical Support for hardware–software integration and field deployments.
• Have experience with System Administration for development, test, and deployment environments supporting autonomous systems.
• Hands-on experience with sensors, actuators, and communication interfaces used in autonomous platforms.
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems, C/C++ or Python, and simulation tools such as ROS, Gazebo, or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Are comfortable in Linux at the systems level: drivers, networking, real-time debugging
• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Open to relocation as the team scales

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Bonus: HIL experience, MAVLink/DDS debugging, NVIDIA Jetson deployment, or actual UAV piloting time.

Good to have: any ML or Computer Vision research background. You need to understand the interfaces and constraints of those systems well enough to integrate them safely.

To qualify, you need to fill out this Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTpQX1tFjbpPN-lG1ATck8KayS4a_7yZL0lFs2p_4vcSwxag/viewform?usp=dialog

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