Drone Jobs

• Cambridgeshire
• Hybrid
• £350 – £450 pd
• Contract

Contract CAD engineering role in the aerospace sector, creating accurate 3D geometry from existing designs and CAD data for specialist UAS sub-module components and assemblies. Day-to-day work includes smooth surface and skeleton modelling in Creo, WINDCHILL data management, the AAX plugin, and aerodynamic enclosures or radomes, liaising with manufacturing facilities for fast-turnaround production.

Creo · WINDCHILL · AAX Plugin +1

• London
• Mid-level

Designs and runs environmental stress test campaigns on drone sub-systems and ground support equipment, covering vibration, shock, thermal cycling, ingress, salt spray, altitude and fatigue testing. Works as a generalist across hardware domains in the "Physical Reality" test cluster, using strain gauges, accelerometers and DAQ systems to map failure envelopes and validate survivability.

Vibration Tables · Shock Rigs · Thermal Chambers +7

• Fareham
• Junior
• Permanent

Supports the Regulations & Safety team in monitoring drone regulations and preparing airspace change requests, safety cases and SORA assessments for VLOS and BVLOS operations. Involves GIS mapping, tracking regulatory applications and coordinating with Flight Operations, aimed at recent graduates or junior aviation professionals.

Microsoft Office · Google Workspace · GIS Software

• London

Shape the system architecture, requirements and certification evidence for a jet-powered interceptor within an air defence system. Day to day you elicit stakeholder needs, maintain a JAMA requirements baseline, run trade studies and MBSE architecture work, own interface control documents and coordinate safety and certification activities.

JAMA

• Witney
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems, building runtime assurance components and high-integrity code using SPARK Ada and related toolchains. Work spans software architecture for certifiable systems, DAL-A/DAL-B solutions, and integration with mission computers, flight control and safety monitoring. Minimum three days per week on site in Witney.

SPARK Ada · ROS · ROS2 +3

• Swindon
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level · manages people

Build and run a composites manufacturing capability from scratch for drone airframe structures, covering facility layout, equipment commissioning, pre-preg lay-up, tooling, cure, trim and inspection. Recruit and lead the shop-floor team, own quality, safety and production rate, and transfer best practice across European plants.

Autoclave · ERP · MES +3

• 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.

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• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on maintenance, modification and fault diagnosis of UAVs, including scheduled servicing, ground testing and rectification, often deployed to conflict-affected regions. The role combines mechanical/electrical repair with logistics, airspace compliance and data reporting, and involves supervising a trade group and coordinating with flight operations, engineering and project teams.

Microsoft Office · ERP

• London
• Hybrid
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Lead

Hands-on technical leadership role reporting directly to the CTO, combining architecture ownership with mentoring engineers and facilitating Scrum delivery. Focus on real-time embedded software in C, C++ and Python for autonomous and safety-critical systems, with hardware/software integration and controlled development lifecycles.

DO-178C · ISO 26262 · IEC 61508

• London
• Mid-level

Bridges product engineering and deployed operations for the Ghost unmanned air vehicle program, executing flight operations, field maintenance, and customer training. Acts as product SME advising on operational employment, running test and evaluation events, and performing root-cause analyses for air systems in austere, remote environments.

Python · MATLAB · VTOL

• London
• Mid-level

Bridges product engineering and deployed operations for the Altius program, executing flight operations, field maintenance and customer training. Deploys to austere locations to troubleshoot hardware, software and networking issues, run root-cause analyses and shape long-term sustainment of aerial systems.

Linux · Unix · JIRA +2

• Cambridgeshire
• £70,000 – £100,000 pa
• Senior

Own the full RF lifecycle, designing, building and testing complex RF-based systems such as drone sensors, space-based radars and emergency-services comms. Work in a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts with access to anechoic chambers and advanced spectrum/network analysis equipment, taking modules from concept through to design verification.

Anechoic Chambers · Spectrum Analysers · Network Analysers

• Witney
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £50,000 – £60,000 pa
• Permanent

Defines verification strategies and develops test frameworks for safety-critical embedded software, delivering requirements-based V&V, traceability and certification evidence. Applies automated testing, fuzz testing, fault injection and Monte Carlo simulation, with exposure to SPARK Ada and formal methods in an autonomy-assurance team. Hybrid, minimum three days on-site in Witney.

SPARK Ada

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Mid-level

Ensures software development and verification processes are followed correctly across safety-critical autonomous systems, auditing processes and maintaining compliance with industry standards. Reviews quality documentation and assurance evidence, manages non-conformances and drives continuous improvement while working closely with engineering teams. Requires a process-assurance focus beyond testing, with knowledge of DO-178C, ISO 26262 or IEC 61508.

• Cambridgeshire
• £70,000 – £100,000 pa
• Senior

Owns the full RF lifecycle, designing, building and testing complex RF-based systems such as sensors for autonomous drones, space-based radars and mission-critical comms. Works in a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts with access to anechoic chambers and spectrum/network analysis equipment, covering microwave, RF and analogue design and simulation.

Anechoic Chambers · Spectrum Analysis Equipment · Network Analysis Equipment