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Founding Engineer Wanted | Defense Startup | Munich/Remote
Can You Solve This?
The Challenge: An FPV drone flies at 100 km/h. You have to detect, track, and intercept it physically. No Cloud. Just on-board compute using:
- YOLOv8 Nano on Qualcomm QRB5165 Flight controller + NPU SoC. Don't know Qualcomm yet? No problem! If you have pushed Nvidia Jetson or Hailo-8 to their absolute limits, you have the mindset we need.
- Autonomous guidance using Proportional Navigation, MPC, or PID/LQR control loops
If that sounds impossible, you're right. It's one of the hardest problems in counter-drone defense. FPV kamikaze drones dominate modern warfare. Existing defense solutions are incapable of countering this emerging threat.
We're Herakles – a Munich-based defense startup building autonomous interceptor drones.
What We Offer
- Equity
- Founding Engineer role
- Full tech autonomy
Your Skills
- Drones
- Embedded Systems
- Computer Vision
- Robotics
Mission
Stop FPV kamikaze drones from killing soldiers. Building the "Iron Dome" for infantry.
Interested in hard problems? Find the full mission and apply here: