We are looking for a *Communication & Telemetry Engineer* to design, integrate, test and validate reliable communication links for advanced UAV platforms.

Experience: 1–3 Years

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Communication Engineering, Telecommunication, Avionics, Embedded Systems, RF Engineering or a related discipline.

The role will focus on *command-and-control communication, telemetry, data links, RF integration, antenna systems and communication reliability* across ground and airborne platforms.

- Key Responsibilities

- Design and integrate UAV communication and telemetry architecture.

- Integrate command-and-control links between UAV and Ground Control Station.

- Develop and validate telemetry links for flight data, health monitoring and mission information.

- Work with serial, IP-based and RF communication systems.

- Integrate radios, modems, telemetry modules, antennas and networking hardware.

- Configure communication interfaces using UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB and related protocols.

- Support MAVLink-based telemetry and Ground Control Station integration.

- Perform communication link-budget calculations.

- Evaluate operating frequency, bandwidth, data rate, latency and communication range.

- Support antenna selection, placement and integration on UAV platforms.

- Analyse antenna radiation characteristics, cable losses and RF interference.

- Perform RSSI, SNR, packet-loss and link-quality analysis.

- Support communication redundancy and automatic link-switching strategies.





- Integrate primary and backup telemetry channels.

- Develop communication-health monitoring and fault-detection logic.

- Support integration of cellular, Wi-Fi, mesh and long-range RF communication systems where applicable.

- Work with GNSS correction links and RTK data communication.

- Support video, telemetry and command-link coexistence.

- Perform EMI/EMC-aware communication-system integration.

- Develop ground-station communication architecture.

- Configure routers, switches, network interfaces and communication gateways.

- Support encrypted and authenticated communication where required by the project.

- Perform bench testing, range testing, ground testing and flight-test support.

- Analyse communication logs to identify dropouts, interference and reliability issues.

- Prepare communication architecture diagrams, interface documents, test procedures and validation reports.

- Preferred Technical Skills

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

- RF communication fundamentals

- Digital communication

- Telemetry systems

- Wireless communication

- Antenna fundamentals

- Link-budget calculations

- Networking fundamentals

- TCP/IP and UDP

- Serial communication

- CAN bus

- MAVLink





- Signal-to-noise ratio

- Modulation fundamentals

- RF interference

- EMI / EMC basics

- Communication reliability

- Data logging and diagnostics

- Preferred Technologies & Platforms

Experience with one or more of the following is desirable:

- MAVLink

- PX4 / ArduPilot telemetry

- QGroundControl

- Mission Planner

- RF telemetry radios

- LTE / 4G / 5G

- Wi-Fi

- Ethernet networking

- Mesh communication

- Software Defined Radio

- GNSS / RTK communication

- Embedded Linux

- Raspberry Pi

- NVIDIA Jetson

- STM32

- Python

- C / C++

- Wireshark

- SDR tools

- Spectrum analysers

- RF power meters

- RF & Antenna Responsibilities

The engineer may also work on:

- Antenna selection and placement

- Polarisation selection

- Cable and connector selection

- RF-loss estimation

- Ground-plane considerations

- Multipath and interference analysis

- Communication-range testing

- Ground-station antenna integration

- Diversity antenna systems

- Link-margin analysis

- RF spectrum assessment

- Preferred Experience

Candidates with experience in *UAV communication, RF systems, telemetry, embedded networking, robotics, wireless communication, SDR, Ground Control Stations, autonomous systems or field communication testing* will be preferred.

Hands-on experience with *spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes, network analysers, RF test equipment or field-range testing* will be an added advantage.

Location:

- Gandhinagar, Gujarat (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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