System Architecture Engineer

Job Role: System Architecture Engineer

Location: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai

Job Category: Project Research Staff

About the Project:

This government-funded project focuses on developing and demonstrating drones and allied technologies for societal and industrial applications. The project leverages advanced technologies and critical infrastructure, fostering industry collaborations to solve challenges, drive innovation, and provide comprehensive drone training and awareness programs.

About the Role:

We are building the core Ground Control Station (GCS) for dronesa multiplatform system enabling mission planning, drone control, telemetry visualization, operator workflows, and fleet management. As a Software System Architect, you will define the system architecture, ensure reliability and performance, guide engineering practices, and collaborate with designers, backend engineers, embedded teams, and drone operators.

Qualification and Key Skills Required:

• PhD with relevant experience OR
• MTech / ME or equivalent degree with relevant experience OR
• BTech / BE or equivalent degree with relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of software system architecture or full-stack development, distributed systems, reliability engineering, and mission-critical software
• Experience collaborating with embedded/hardware teams

Skills & Expertise:

• Software system architecture for real-time, distributed applications
• Frontend: React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, FastAPI; database modeling with PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Real-time communication: WebSockets, MQTT, WebRTC
• Cloud and DevOps: AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
• Networking, asynchronous programming, telemetry, and mission workflows
• Video streaming, edge processing, and IoT integration
• Security: authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure communication
• Experience with drone GCS software (Mission Planner, QGC), MAVLink, PX4, ROS

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Job Profile:

• Define the overall architecture for communication layers, data systems, frontend, and backend
• Convert business requirements into scalable and reliable technical system designs
• Integrate drones, aerospace, or IoT systems using C++ for performance-critical modules
• Guide integration of telemetry, mission states, and sensor data pipelines
• Identify technologies for real-time telemetry, mapping, visualization, and video pipelines
• Optimize system performance for multi-drone operations and high-traffic scenarios
• Oversee backend services and ensure efficient database modeling (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Develop secure REST and real-time APIs with access control and auditing
• Guide frontend/dashboard development using React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Coordinate with embedded teams for protocol alignment
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and ensure secure, monitored, fault-tolerant deployments
• Ability to complete any other work assigned as per requirement.