Control System Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Qt/QML Engineer to design and develop advanced GUIs and networking modules for UAV Ground Control Stations and Cockpit Displays. The role requires working closely with UI designers, avionics software engineers, and mission systems experts to create reliable, intuitive, and real-time GCS components for mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance UI applications using Qt/QML (Qt Quick, QML, C++).
• Translate system requirements into responsive, interactive, and user-friendly interfaces.
• Generate data scheduling schemes, encode data packets as per required protocols and data rates and transmit to drone(s) as per protocol
• Decode incoming data streams as per the protocols, extract data, store, and populate corresponding UI elements.
• Integrate UI and networking components with real-time data streams from avionics systems, UAVs, or mission control software.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure compliance with DO-178C, or MIL-STD guidelines where applicable.
• Optimise application performance for low-latency visualisation and data transmission in mission-critical environments.
• Implement data visualisation (raster and vector maps, telemetry, flight parameters, mission planning overlays).
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while adhering to aerospace software standards.
• Work with cross-functional teams (system engineers, hardware engineers, test teams) to validate UI against operational requirements.
• Support debugging, simulation, and testing activities, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in developing Qt/QML-based applications (Qt Quick, QML, Qt Widgets, QTcpSockets, QtUdpSockets).
• Strong proficiency in C++ (11/14/17) and object-oriented programming.
• Experience integrating UI with real-time data sources (TCP/IP, UDP, serial, CAN, DDS, etc.).
• Knowledge of multithreading, performance optimisation, and memory management.
• Familiarity with aerospace/automotive domain software practices or mission-critical systems.
• Good understanding of UX principles for operator consoles and mission planning systems.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with GIS/Mapping libraries (OpenSceneGraph, Cesium, Marble, etc.).
• Knowledge of OpenGL, Vulkan, or 3D visualisation frameworks.
• Exposure to DO-178C or aerospace software compliance.
• Familiarity with UAV ground control software (QGroundControl, Mission Planner, etc.) or similar mission systems.
• Experience with Linux and cross-platform development (Windows/Linux).
• Scripting knowledge in Python for tooling and automation.
• Background in defence, aerospace, automotive or embedded systems domain.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge aerospace and defence technologies.
• Collaborative and innovation-driven work culture.
• Exposure to real-world avionics and mission systems.
• Growth opportunities in autonomy, AI/ML for aerospace, and avionics UI systems.

Key Requirements:

• Strong programming skills in Python and MATLAB
• Ability to develop, test, and optimize research-based models and algorithms
• Good understanding of data analysis, simulations, and problem-solving techniques
• Familiarity with technical documentation and research workflows

Preferred (Plus Point):

Prior experience working in a research environment or academic projects

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (BE), or a related field.

Experience:

Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience in Python and MATLAB.

Skills Required:

- Good experience with programming language Python
- Strong experience in Docker.
- Good knowledge with any of the Cloud Platform like Azure.
- Must be comfortable working in a Linux environment.
- Must have exposure into IOT domain and its protocols ((Zigbee & BLE ,LoRa,Modbus)
- Must be a good team player.
- Strong Communication Skills

Primary skills:

At least 3+ years of working experience on embedded firmware development

- Experience in multithreaded programming, network programming (wired and wireless protocols), real-time programming, cross-platform and cross-language development

- Hands-on experience on driver development for various sensors

- Working knowledge of communication protocols like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, etc

- Product development experience with range of microcontroller/microprocessor architectures, adoption of bare-metal, RTOS and Linux operating systems on new platforms

-Hands-on experience on software development in Bluetooth domain is added advantage

- Experience with hardware lab equipment such as digital scope, logic analyser and JTAG

- Understanding of embedded development constraints and system performance

- Experience with programming in C/C++ and Embedded C

1. Working Experience in

·        C and/or C++ programming

o   Should have Project working experience in C or C++

o   Should have done feature enhancement and/or Bug fixing using C/C++.

·        System Programming knowledge in

o   Muti-threaded programming, Process contexts/forks/execs and system calls

o   IPCs (like Socket programming, Message Queues, semaphores)

o   Linux Operating system

o   File access calls, like file descriptor handled operations.

·        Enterprise Security domain and SaaS

o   IPSec, SSL VPN tunnelling

• Hands-on embedded C skills (mandatory)
• Experience with any microcontrollers MCU (mandatory) – Renesas/ Infineon/ Cypress/ ST-Micro /TI / Microchip
• Experience with any of peripherals & communication protocols usage in application development (mandatory) – UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, CAN, USB, ADC, DAC, EEPROM, Flash memory
• Experience with any RTOS – FreeRTOS, Azure RTOS, ThreadX
• Experience with any networking &  connectivity modules (preferred & added advantage) – Ethernet, WiFi, BLE, MQTT, COAP

Must have Skilled and Should Currently have Hand-on experience:

• Programming Language:          C, C++
• Operating System:                   Linux
• Debugging Tools:                     Valgrind / GDB - required
• Version Control:                       (Stash- nice to have) & (Git – Required)
• Build and Deployment:             Bamboo – nice to have
• Operating System:                     Linux
• Experience:                               5 to 8 years (Min. 4 years)

• Would be working on Development and Production Support of Email Mx Product which uses email protocols  (POP, IMAP, and SMTP) developed on C, C++ technology on Linux Platform.
• Technologies they get to learn: C, C++, GDB, Valgrind, python (python to a certain extent).
• Protocols they get to learn:   POP, IMAP, and SMTP and also any and every communication happening in Email Platform
• Source Control:                 Git, Stash
• Build and Deployment:           Bamboo
• Operating System:               Linux

• Debugging a Multicomponent – Multi-Threaded – Multi-Server Environment of a Live Product Deployed to Tier – 1 Customer.
• Opportunity for Improving CPU of exiting product.
• Opportunity for Memory optimization along with some good

Solinas Integrity (www.solinas.in) is a leading water & sanitation robotics start-up founded by IIT Madras Alumni & professors to develop cutting edge solutions to solve the problems in water pipelines and sewer lines\septic tanks, thereby improving the lives of millions of people. Our core values start with trust, and respect for everyone and along with strong collaboration and communication. We believe in giving agency to our teammates and strongly pushing them towards developing a growth mindset.

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• Understand key acoustic algorithm functions, develop efficient code, verify performance and functionality.
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Basic Qualifications:

● Experience programming in either Python, C++, or MATLAB

● MS/PhD degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering/ Signal processing

● At least 1 year of signal processing or related area

● Good analytical and problem-solving skills

● Good knowledge of signal processing techniques, basic knowledge of ML algorithms and good visualisation skills.