Drone Jobs in Woking

Callen Lenz · Salisbury · £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Working within the Air Vehicle Design team, you will conduct multi-disciplinary modelling and simulation, including aircraft performance analyses, flight dynamics modelling, control algorithm design and model validation against experimental test data. The role also involves building flight simulation and visualisation test environments, gathering data through bench and flight testing, and maintaining a library of reusable models and tools.

Callen Lenz · Salisbury · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Develops, configures and tests Ardupilot-based flight control systems for UAV platforms, tuning flight behaviours in SITL and live flight, and integrating sensors such as GPS, cameras and LiDAR. Works within the Autopilot team on requirements capture, architectural design, peer reviews and documentation, using C++ and protocols including MAVLink, CAN, SPI, I2C, UDP and TCP.

Shield AI · London

Leads delivery of tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea and space, architecting behaviours for multi-agent coordination, target engagement and survivability. Owns the full lifecycle from requirements through verification, working in C++ with sensor processing, state estimation and peer-to-peer communications. Acts as technical lead and subject matter expert, mentoring juniors and travelling up to 20% to co-locate with end-users.

Shield AI · London

Lead the delivery of tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea and space, architecting scalable behaviour subsystems and working hands-on through the full lifecycle from requirements to verification. Involves multi-agent coordination, motion planning, target engagement and close collaboration with vehicle integration teams and operators, with up to 20% travel.

Tekever · Bristol

Owns and runs the risk and opportunity management function across major civil and defence programmes, maintaining the Risk and Opportunity Register, applying risk scoring methodology and facilitating identification workshops. Coordinates engineering, safety, certification, supply chain and commercial risk with the Chief Engineer, Safety Manager and Commercial Lead, and reports into programme boards and authority cycles.

Tekever · Bristol

Technical owner of FPGA and programmable logic design inside gimbal payloads, covering the video capture and processing chain, sensor and high-speed serial interfaces, and real-time pointing and stabilisation control. The role takes in-house payload electronics from prototype to qualified production, with short design cycles and direct ownership of logic that flies.

Saab · Bedford

Lead the electronics design and prototyping department for a UAV business, guiding a team of 10+ electronic engineers across multiple programmes. Own full hardware design lifecycles for digital, mixed-signal, FPGA-based and high-reliability systems, including schematic review, PCB layout and safety-critical verification. Work cross-functionally with systems, software, mechanical and test teams, and support bids and cost estimation.

Saab · Oakley

Lead and support a team of 10+ electronic engineers across multiple programmes, owning hardware design from requirements capture to production release. Involves detailed digital, mixed-signal, FPGA and high-reliability design, plus design assurance and verification for safety-critical electronics. Works cross-functionally with systems, software, mechanical and test teams within the BlueBear UAV business.

Leonardo · Yeovil

Develops high-integrity real-time mission management software for both legacy manned helicopters and emerging uncrewed autonomous platforms. Works across UML modelling, Ada95/C/C++ implementation, DOORS requirements traceability, and hardware-in-the-loop integration, while navigating DO-178C certification and open architecture standards like FACE/MOSA.

Helsing · London

Own the end-to-end development of bespoke controllers for UAS platforms, from conception and simulation through physical integration and flight-test iteration. Design and validate state estimation, navigation and guidance algorithms for contested environments, working closely with flight mechanics, aerodynamics and embedded teams.

Tekever · Bristol

Hands-on operational leadership role owning corporate IT operations, infrastructure delivery and service maturity across a co-managed MSP environment. Acts as senior escalation point for incidents and outages, overseeing networking, virtualisation, cloud, endpoint platforms and identity/access management while coordinating suppliers and security teams.

Tekever · Swindon

Hands-on quality management role leading day-to-day assurance within a Swindon manufacturing operation, establishing controlled processes that meet AS9100 and ISO 9001. Involves FAIRs and AS9102, nonconformance control, root-cause analysis (5 Whys, Ishikawa, 8D), audits and Kaizen improvement, working with Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Supply Chain.

Tekever · Swindon

Lead day-to-day security operations across people, facilities, technology and assets, reporting to the Head of Security. Build operating models, procedures and incident response playbooks, manage guarding contracts and physical security systems, and support defence and government requirements across UK and international sites.