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
• £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

• Bedford

Work within the Air Combat Simulation team on modelling and simulation of aircraft, UAVs and associated systems, building Simulink models and analysis tools, auto-coding to C/C++ and DLLs, and integrating models into system-of-systems and distributed simulations. The role covers validation and verification, results analysis, and documentation for the Blue Bear UAV business unit.

MATLAB · Simulink · Stateflow +7

• Bedford
• Mid-level

Day-to-day CAD design and multidisciplinary engineering across aerospace development projects, from requirements and concept through manufacture, integration and test. Involves SolidWorks modelling, DFMEA and risk documentation, material selection for composite and metallic components, and payload/propulsion integration including all-electric and eVTOL applications, with some UK travel.

SolidWorks

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

Lead the design and maintenance of high-performance C++ (C++17/20) software for complex systems, architecting scalable simulation solutions for systems of systems and real-time processing. Drive integration of third-party software and hardware, set technical standards, mentor engineers, and apply agile practices including CI and TDD. Requires deep systems-integration expertise and leadership of projects with 10+ contributors.

C++17 · C++20 · C++98 +7

• Bristol
• Hybrid · 3 days in office

Works at the intersection of engineering and procurement, embedded in the product development lifecycle from concept to production. Provides supply chain input into component and technology selection across electronics, mechanical, materials, powertrain and vision systems, challenging design decisions on cost, availability, capacity and supplier risk. Supports design reviews, technical reviews and new product introduction, establishing early supplier engagement.

• Swindon
• Hybrid · 3 days in office

Manufacture and test PCBs, wiring harnesses and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies, including box-build integration, firmware loading and fault diagnosis. Uses multimeters, power supplies and oscilloscopes to verify product quality, and maintains work instructions and SOPs within a multidisciplinary production team.

Multimeters · Oscilloscopes · Power Supplies

• London
• Senior

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.

MATLAB · Simulink · Python +8

• Munich - Berlin - London - Paris

Build and scale a GPU-based simulator that trains reinforcement-learning agents for air autonomy, modelling flight dynamics and sensing across thousands of parallel environments. Work spans sim-to-real transfer, domain randomisation and RL training tooling, at the intersection of AI, GPU computing and physics-based simulation, with room to grow into leadership.

CUDA · Taichi · NVIDIA Warp +3

• Hampshire
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role assembling airframe components, sub-assemblies and fuel systems from build packs, testing sub-systems, and installing avionics onto unmanned aerial vehicles. Supports aircraft-level acceptance testing and on-site flight testing across the UK, maintaining digital build logs and feeding improvements back to manufacturing and engineering teams.

Microsoft Office · MCAD · ECAD

• Hampshire
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on role manufacturing, assembling, testing and installing avionics systems for unmanned aircraft, including cable assemblies, PCBA production and hand soldering. Involves aircraft commissioning, on-site flight test support in the UK, and rework of failed items within a small production team.

Microsoft Office · Digital Multimeters · Power Supplies +3

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

Integrates autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, owning pre-flight build, configuration and validation across onboard compute, sensors and control interfaces. Supports live flight tests with travel around 30-40% of the year, debugging embedded and real-time systems in lab and field, and analysing flight data with autonomy and GNC teams.

ROS · DDS · Linux +5

• Welwyn Garden City
• £28,000 – £30,000 pa

Site Technician - Civil Engineering - Welwyn Garden City £28000 to £30000 plus benefits. Circa £45000 with overtimeHello Recruitment is pleased to be recruiting a Field Based Site Technician for a expanding civil engineeering business based in Welwyn Garden City.Their…

• Fareham
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on manufacturing, testing and repair of avionics components, sub-assemblies and cable assemblies for Windracers ULTRA vehicles, working from build packs and engineering drawings. The role also covers avionics installation onto aircraft, commissioning support, and occasional travel within the UK for post-production flight operations.

Microsoft Office · DMMs · Power Supplies +3

• 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