Drone Jobs

• Fareham
• Lead · manages people

Lead the delivery of complex software projects for subsea vehicles and robotic functions, taking responsibility for architecture, requirements and multidisciplinary team coordination. The role spans embedded through application software on Windows and Linux, using C++, Python, JavaScript and web technologies, and acts as a technical authority interfacing with customers.

Windows · Linux · Angular +7

• Oakley
• Director · manages people

Lead the Systems Engineering discipline for a defence and aerospace business unit, setting technical vision, governance and methodologies for complex solutions. Oversee lifecycle management activities including bids, design reviews and audits, while driving Model-Based Systems Engineering and digital transformation. Manage and mentor a team of engineers and subject matter experts, acting as senior escalation point for architectural and system-of-systems issues.

MBSE

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Customer-facing engineer deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on-site with customers, supporting integration, training and debugging of API issues. Builds AI and autonomy applications using the enterprise SDK in modern C++, and feeds customer insights back to product engineering. Involves roughly 30% travel and pre-sales support such as demos and conferences.

Hivemind · Shield AI Enterprise Software Development Kit · V-BAT +2

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

Customer-facing engineering role deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on site with customers, roughly 30% travel. You build AI and autonomy applications with the enterprise SDK, provide technical support and training, debug software and API integration issues, and feed customer insight back to product engineering. Requires strong modern C++ skills.

Hivemind · V-BAT · X-BAT +1

• Fareham
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on assembly of airframe components, sub-assemblies and fuel systems from build packs, plus installation of avionics onto aircraft and testing of sub-systems to SOPs. Works within a small sub-team on the ULTRA production line, following engineering drawings and feeding process issues back to Manufacturing and Engineering, with UK travel to support flight operations.

Microsoft Office · MCAD · ECAD

• Fareham
• On-site
• Lead
• Permanent

Develops manufacturing processes, tooling and production methods to take a large fixed-wing UAV platform from design into volume production. Produces work instructions, process specs, assembly drawings and manufacturing BOMs, drives DFM/DFA, and works with Design, Production, Supply Chain and Quality plus external suppliers. Distinct for its hands-on aerospace/UAV focus on scaling medium-volume builds.

SolidWorks · PDM · PLM

• Yeovil
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design or analyse helicopter transmission systems across conventional helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air systems, covering the full product lifecycle from concept to in-service support. Designers produce 3D models and 2D drawings in CATIA V5 for gears, bearings, casings, shafts and couplings; analysts perform stress, fatigue and finite element analysis. The role spans UK and Italian sites with international travel.

CATIA V5 · FT&A · Abaqus +1

• Farnborough
• On-site
• £47,250 – £52,500 pa

Designs and develops production-level autonomy software for complex military aviation systems, using C (ideally C++) and Matlab. Owns technical work packages, contributes to algorithm development for autonomous and decision-support systems, and models uncrewed systems in synthetic environments. Supports hardware integration, testing and formally assessed trials in the UK and overseas alongside multidisciplinary teams.

MATLAB

• Farnborough
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £62,250 – £69,750 pa
• Lead · manages people

Lead technical direction across autonomy and autonomous systems programmes, splitting time roughly 70% on leadership and 30% on hands-on delivery. You will guide multidisciplinary engineering teams, mentor senior engineers, shape technical strategy, engage customers, and support integration, demonstration and trial activities in air or maritime defence domains.

• Bromsgrove
• £35,000 – £45,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Coordinate and deliver multiple surveying, inspection and technical projects from initial enquiry through to completion, developing plans, schedules and resource requirements. Liaise with clients, field-based teams, subcontractors and suppliers while monitoring budgets, costs and risks, ensuring health and safety compliance and accurate documentation. Suits someone from a construction, civil engineering, utilities or infrastructure background, with UAV or drone exposure advantageous.

Project Management Software

• Fareham
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Maintains and supports Windracers UAVs to a high operational standard, covering planned fleet modifications, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, fault diagnosis, ground testing and flying operations support. Works a 6 weeks on / 2 weeks off rota in diverse and challenging global environments, including conflict zones, with supervisory responsibility for day-to-day operations and project delivery.

Microsoft Office · Windracers UAV

• Hitchin
• On-site
• £35,000 – £44,000 pa

Hands-on role building, assembling and maintaining fixed-wing UAVs across R&D and production programmes, including airframe construction with balsa, composite repairs, and integration of propulsion, avionics and flight control systems. Involves testing, fault-finding and prototype development for target drone and counter-drone platforms in a workshop-based aerospace setting.

Orange Cube · Pixhawk · Mission Planner +1

• London
• Lead · manages people

Senior technical authority for a flagship aerospace and defence programme, owning the technical strategy, system architecture and engineering governance from concept through testing and certification. Leads a multidisciplinary team spanning systems, software, electronics, mechanical design, integration and test, acting as the primary technical interface with customers, suppliers and investors in a fast-moving start-up.

• Edinburgh
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Designs, develops and verifies navigation systems and algorithms for airborne, maritime and land platforms, covering sensor fusion, state estimation and PNT solutions for contested environments. Works across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept and modelling to integration, verification and customer support, using MATLAB/Simulink and Kalman filtering techniques within a multidisciplinary, multi-national team.

MATLAB · Simulink · GNSS +7

• Bristol
• Mid-level

Lead quality assurance and quality management across defence and aerospace projects, acting as the customer-facing quality focal point. Own the Project Quality Management Plan, requirements traceability, configuration and change control, supplier quality, nonconformance and CAPA, and support design reviews and verification activities alongside project, engineering and supply chain teams.

AS9100 · ISO 9001 · AQAP 2105 +2