Responsibilities
- Design and build drone platforms suited to operational requirements.
- Source components, materials, electronics, and supplies from appropriate vendors.
- Assemble, configure, repair, and maintain drone systems.
- Integrate and configure flight-control software, including ArduPilot and PX4.
- Work with MAVLink for telemetry, communications, mission planning, and system integration.
- Conduct ground and flight testing, diagnose faults, and improve drone performance and reliability.
- Prepare drones for launch and support deployment activities.
- Maintain clear build, configuration, test, and parts documentation.
- Follow relevant safety, aviation, and regulatory requirements.
Required experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and building drones/UAVs.
- Strong practical experience with drone assembly, electronics, wiring, motors, ESCs, batteries, sensors, and flight controllers.
- Experience with ArduPilot, PX4, and MAVLink.
- Experience sourcing drone components and managing supplies or parts inventories.
- Ability to troubleshoot hardware, software, communications, and flight-performance issues independently.
- Comfortable working in a practical, fast-moving environment.
Availability
The successful candidate must be available to start immediately.
Australian citizens only.
- Locations
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Timezones
- Worldwide