41 jobs for “Drone Technician”
Flarebright Bicester £39,000 – £49,000 pa
Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.
AJC Recruitment Ltd Radstock £26,000 – £32,000 pa
This role involves transforming point cloud data into digital survey outputs using AutoCAD, producing precision-accurate 2D Measured Building and Topographical Plans. You will collaborate with project managers, resolve production challenges, and mentor new team members. The position offers training in advanced AutoCAD, 3D Revit, and Navisworks.
Copello Hitchin £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.
Tekever Swindon
Hands-on build role assembling, integrating and testing Unmanned Aerial System airframes and sub-systems, covering structural work such as bracketry, precision drilling and fastening plus avionics wiring, flight control and sensor installation. Also involves ground tests, fault diagnosis and completing certification and traceability records to ISO 9001/AS9100 standards within a manufacturing operations team.
Robinson Brown Search Bromsgrove £40,000 – £50,000 pa
Solar PV Technician/service engineer. - All projects within 1hr radius of the Midlands.Job SummaryMy client is seeking a skilled and reliable Electrician to join their Midlands-based team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing solar, battery...
Thomas Search Tidworth £52,300 pa
Evaluates mechanical and electrical installations across a Garrison estate, inspecting assets and preparing condition and survey reports to support lifecycle planning and risk identification. Carries out planned and ad hoc surveys, including room environmental condition checks and asset verification, analysing data from maintenance reports, BMS, energy reports and drone footage. Works collaboratively to deliver a safe, compliant service.
Windracers .
Rota: 6 weeks on / 2 weeks offPosition Overview:Your primary responsibility will be to provide support Windracers UAV to the highest possible standard, delivering maintenance, modification and essential logistics anywhere in the world. The role also demands a willingness to...
Venn Group Ascot £30,000 – £40,000 pa
Hands-on UAV pilot role conducting production acceptance and test flights, R&D trials, customer demonstrations and training, plus UK and international deployments. Requires flying non-DJI multirotor platforms using ArduPilot, Mission Planner or QGroundControl, with flight documentation and UK CAA compliance.
Matchtech Burton-on-Trent £75,000 – £80,000 pa
Lead day-to-day delivery of UAV and Drone-in-a-Box services across multiple customer sites nationwide, coordinating people, equipment and technical resources. Translate customer requirements into operational plans, manage schedules and capacity, monitor SLAs and budgets, and mobilise new contracts. Involves office, field and home-based working with regular UK travel.
AECOM Nottingham
Lead UAV survey operations across diverse UK environments, planning and executing drone flights to capture high-resolution spatial data. Oversee terrestrial survey activities including laser scanning, process photogrammetry and point clouds, and provide technical leadership, mentoring and QA/QC compliance with CAA, Network Rail and RICS standards.
Platform Recruitment Saffron Walden £70,000 – £80,000 pa
Design, build and test RF-based systems from concept through to manufacture, working on airborne radars, drone sensors and LSWaP devices for GPS and radar communication. Collaborate with experts and customers to establish requirements, with hybrid working of three days a week in a state-of-the-art lab and R&D facility.
Jobsworth Recruitment Solutions LTD Bromsgrove £35,000 – £45,000 pa
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.
Matchtech Cambridgeshire £350 – £450 pd
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.
SR2 Andover £50,000 – £75,000 pa
Hands-on role developing, integrating and testing autonomous aircraft systems, working with Linux-based robotics using ROS 2, ArduPilot/PX4 autopilots and MAVLink communications in Python and C++. You'll support aircraft build, flight trials and system tuning, contributing to operational readiness including CAA regulations and SORA risk assessments, with direct access to leadership in a small defence-focused team.
Helsing 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.
East Anglian Site Engineering Ipswich £32,000 – £45,000 pa
Carry out topographical and measured building surveys, terrestrial laser scanning, and point cloud processing, then produce accurate CAD drawings and survey deliverables. Take ownership of projects from site work through to final output, working independently while liaising with clients and the wider team across East Anglia, initially around Suffolk.
