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United States, Huntsville
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Posted 27 days ago
🏢 Q-CTRL
Role Type
Role Focus
Seniority
Employer Type
This role seeks a Hardware Integration Engineer to oversee the mechanical and electrical integration of Q-CTRL’s quantum sensing and navigation solutions onto UAS platforms. The engineer will be responsible for building, assembling, and debugging these complex systems to prepare them for both lab and field deployment. Key activities include collaborating with global engineering teams and improving integration documentation and practices for scaling.
Key Responsibilities
Own the mechanical and electrical integration of Q-CTRL sensors onto UAS platforms to deliver reliable, flight-ready systems.
Develop and implement necessary integration components, including mechanical fixtures, cabling, and electrical interface hardware.
Build, bring-up, and execute functional and environmental testing on integrated hardware systems.
Collaborate with systems and software engineers to implement defined interfaces and ensure reliable subsystem operation.
Plan and document integration builds, test results, and configurations to ensure traceability and repeatability.
Required Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
Proven hands-on experience integrating complex electro-mechanical systems in aerospace, UAS, robotics, or advanced R&D environments.
Strong practical skills in prototype assembly, wiring, cable harness fabrication, and electro-mechanical build and rework.
Experience developing mechanical and electrical components using various CAD tools.
Proficiency with tools, test and measurement equipment, basic fabrication, and rapid prototyping.
Experience collaborating with systems and software engineers to implement defined interfaces and integration requirements.
Nice-to-have Skills
Exposure to low-level embedded software or driver development.
Experience supporting field trials or flight testing.
Comfort operating autonomously in lab and field environments, including supporting time critical test and flight activities.
Technology Tags
The fundamental purpose of the integrated hardware systems is to support GPS-denied navigation solutions.
The primary function is integrating Q-CTRL’s quantum sensors and sensing solutions onto platforms.
The role involves extensive hands-on work, hardware debug, and maintenance in laboratory and field environments.
The job requires owning electrical integration, cabling, and ensuring reliable subsystem operation using complex hardware interfaces.
The core task is integrating systems onto UAS platforms, which necessitates minimizing size and weight.
The integrated system is designed for GPS-denied navigation, which requires working with inertial sensing capabilities.
The role involves collaborating with software and systems engineers to implement defined interfaces and ensure reliable subsystem operation.