Job Category: Project Research Staff
About The Project:
A government-funded initiative at IIT Bombay focusing on the development and demonstration of drone and allied technologies. This project aims to address various applications through the utilization of advanced technologies and critical infrastructure. We foster strong industry connections and collaborations to solve pertinent challenges and drive technological advancements. Comprehensive drone training and awareness programs will be provided to ensure proficiency and understanding among people.
Key Reposibilities:
- Architect and develop responsive, real-time user interfaces for mission planning, telemetry, and video feed control using React.js + Tailwind CSS (JavaScript based frameworks)
- Build and manage backend services/APIs using Node.js or FastAPI for mission data, operator actions, and drone communication
- mplement WebSocket/MQTT interfaces to handle real-time drone telemetry, alerts, and command signals
- Collaborate with hardware and embedded teams to align on drone commands, battery states, mission execution, and telemetry formats
- Optimize frontend/backend performance, implement fault-tolerance and low- latency streaming
- Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), containerization
- (Docker), and cloud deployment (AWS/GCP)
- Maintain robust authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls for multi-user operations
Required Skills:
Frontend:
- React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
- Data visualization with Recharts / Chart.js
- Map APIs: Mapbox, Leaflet, or similar
- Real-time WebSockets/WebRTC components (alerts, telemetry, video, logs)
Bakend:
- Node.js (Express/NestJS) or Python (FastAPI/Django)
- REST & WebSocket APIs
- PostgreSQL / MongoDB schema design, indexing, and optimization
- Auth systems JWT, session security, RBAC
DevOps & Tooling
- GitHub Actions / Jenkins (CI/CD)
- Docker-based development and deployment
- AWS/GCP basics for hosting/staging environments
- API testing (Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI)
- Unit & integration testing frameworks
Qulification:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 24 years of experience in full-stack development with real-time applications
- Prior experience with real-time dashboards, robotic control panels, or IoT interfaces
- Strong fundamentals in data structures, networking, and asynchronous systems
- Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, including hardware/embedded teams
Nice to Have:
- Experience building mission-critical interfaces (drones, robotics, aerospace, defense, etc.)
- Familiarity with Drone SDKs, PX4/MAVLink, or ROS-based telemetry systems
- Exposure to QGroundControl, Mission Planner, or other drone GCS software
- Familiarity with GIS tools, 3D mapping, or video streaming optimizations
- Understanding of Edge AI, video inference, or telemetry filtering pipelines
- Open-source contributions or personal projects related to drones/robotics
