Drone Jobs

• Salisbury
• Hybrid
• £50,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design and build pixel-perfect, responsive user interfaces for flight control and ground station software, working with React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS and real-time streaming technologies. The role sits in a cross-functional agile team collaborating with UX researchers and designers, contributing to a design system, code reviews and test coverage with Jest, Cypress or RTL.

Figma · Jira · Jest +3

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £55,000 – £65,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Focuses on UAS Deep Effects, identifying and developing new defence opportunities while shaping the company's business development strategy. Involves building campaign plans, a qualified opportunity pipeline, and relationships with Army HQ, Field Army and wider defence networks, plus consultancy across defence programmes. Requires deep UK Defence and NATO UAS/Deep Fires domain expertise and security clearance eligibility.

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £50,000 pa
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Leads and manages the flight crew team, covering recruitment, onboarding, performance, welfare and retention while maintaining a Just Culture ethos. Ensures pilots stay qualified and current, oversees operational manuals and compliance, and works with the Training Manager on progression plans. Acts as key liaison to the Head of Flight Operations.

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £50,000 pa
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead and manage the flying training operations, designing, developing and delivering UAS training programmes for pilots, operators and customers. Ensure curriculum compliance with CAA, MAA and EASA standards, run audits and assessments, and manage a team of instructors while supporting safety and risk management.

Flight Planning Software · UAS Operational Tools

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £65,000 – £75,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns enterprise data architecture, governance and database administration, designing logical and physical models and setting standards for ERP, PLM and manufacturing systems. Leads data migration workstreams, master data management and cleansing, plus integration across ERP, PLM, CRM and reporting platforms. Acts as the primary data subject matter expert during business transformation projects.

SQL Server · MySQL · Azure SQL +6

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £65,000 – £75,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Deliver avionics systems engineering across navigation, power, communication, payloads, aircraft management and C2 systems for unmanned air systems, providing technical leadership over design, development and integration. The role involves supervising other engineers, improving internal processes, and supporting airworthiness, safety and certification requirements within a multi-disciplined team.

Altium · SolidWorks · MATLAB +2

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £40,000 – £50,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

MATLAB · Simulink · SolidWorks

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £32,000 – £36,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on end-user support role covering hardware, software, Microsoft 365 administration and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, alongside incident response, service requests and user administration. The position also involves building and configuring laptops, desktops and smartphones, contributing to IT projects and service improvements, and maintaining documentation within a growing aerospace-focused IT team.

Microsoft 365 · Microsoft Office · Linux +1

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £30,000 – £35,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Primary point of contact for vehicle and asset activities, coordinating maintenance, inspections, repairs and compliance across a fleet of small cars to large vans and trailers. Maintains the asset register, tracks allocation and condition, manages key control and issue/return inspections, and liaises with garages, leasing providers and insurers to keep everything operational and audit-ready.

Microsoft 365 · Excel · Outlook +3

• Salisbury
• On-site
• £60,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Owns the full business winning lifecycle for a UAS and aerospace company, from market analysis and strategy through opportunity development, capture leadership and deal closure. Leads capture teams, develops Price to Win and business cases, and manages customer and stakeholder relationships across government and industry.

Uncrewed Air Systems · Autonomous Systems · OJEU

• Wimborne
• On-site
• £45,000 – £50,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Assemble, disassemble, test and troubleshoot miniature jet turbine engines, reporting on performance and recording data against design requirements. Acts as the company's lead turbine specialist, resolving problems and training the wider workforce as production scales. Requires first-principles knowledge of microturbine engines; degree advantageous but not essential.

• Southampton
• On-site
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a small mixed-discipline team building autonomous prototypes for a stealth-mode uncrewed systems venture, owning electronics, software and control systems from concept through build and test. Work directly with the CTO, manage project budgets and requirements, and build in-house prototyping capability and supplier relationships. Requires hands-on integration work and support for off-site trials.

Ardupilot · PX4 · Gazebo +7