Drone Jobs in Salford

• Wantage
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the design and deployment of autonomous robotic systems, owning software architecture across perception, planning and control. Work spans prototyping, simulation and field testing, integrating with hardware teams while mentoring engineers and shaping technical roadmaps. Requires depth in C++, ROS2, SLAM and real-time systems.

ROS · ROS2 · Gazebo +1

• Lincoln
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Day-to-day running of an AS9100 Engineering Quality Management System, coordinating assurance across engineering and maintenance teams. Maintains controlled records, plans internal audits, logs non-conformities and corrective actions, and reports KPIs and risks to the Head of Engineering, with occasional travel to support deployed teams.

• Lincoln
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns continuing airworthiness management for a fleet of remotely piloted aircraft systems, building and maintaining maintenance programmes and keeping technical records current. Acts as the link between Engineering, Flight Operations and Quality and Compliance, leading airworthiness audits, defect investigations and regulator contact while bringing new RPAS types into service.

RPAS

• Fareham
• On-site
• Permanent

Assemble, install and test aircraft powerplant systems for the Windracers ULTRA, working to approved drawings and procedures under a Production Supervisor. Duties include bench and standing work, second sign-offs, commissioning inspections, ground runs and functional testing, plus occasional UK travel to support post-production flight operations.

Microsoft Office 365 · Jira · MCAD +1

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £55,000 – £70,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on optical engineering role designing systems with lasers, lenses and cameras, taking products from concept through verification and troubleshooting to production readiness. Works closely with electronics, software and AI colleagues in a multidisciplinary team, integrating optical components with electromechanical systems, ideally using machine learning for machine vision.

AI

• Cambridge
• £35,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

Graduate or junior engineers work across a defence product portfolio spanning ML systems, signal processing and software defined radio, from cloud platforms down to low-power electronics. The role suits versatile candidates with strong knowledge of at least one programming language, working in a small, growing team of engineers from varied fields with mentorship.