Latest Drone Technician Jobs

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Software Engineer

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.

Flarebright Bicester £39,000 – £49,000 pa

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

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Senior Technical Officer - Drone

Lead drone pilot for the NCA's Technical Operations unmanned vehicle programme, responsible for flight planning and clearances, piloting a range of UAS and USV platforms, and developing innovative technical surveillance capabilities. The role involves training the drone cadre, engaging with the Civil Aviation Authority and suppliers, and acting as subject matter expert on unmanned vehicles.

National Crime Agency Gillingham £47,049 pa

On-site Permanent

CAD Technician

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.

AJC Recruitment Ltd Radstock £26,000 – £32,000 pa

UAV Build Technician

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.

Copello Hitchin £35,000 – £44,000 pa

On-site

Integration Technician

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.

Tekever Swindon

Hybrid Clearance Required

Solar PV Electrician

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...

Robinson Brown Search Bromsgrove £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Surveyor (Mechanical and Electrical)

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.

Thomas Search Tidworth £52,300 pa

Clearance Required

Senior RF Engineer

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.

Platform Recruitment Saffron Walden £70,000 – £80,000 pa

Hybrid

CAD Design Engineer

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

Matchtech Cambridgeshire £350 – £450 pd

Hybrid Contract Clearance Required

Junior Regulatory Specialist

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.

Matchtech Fareham

Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Geospatial Surveyor

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.

East Anglian Site Engineering Ipswich £32,000 – £45,000 pa

On-site Permanent

Test Engineer - Environment

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.

Helsing London

Prototyping Engineer

Hands-on role building flight-ready drone prototypes, spanning mechanical design, electrical integration and hardware iteration. You fabricate airframes, wire avionics and power systems, configure PX4/ArduPilot flight controllers, and run field test campaigns, using telemetry to refine CAD models across successive iterations.

Helsing London

Embedded Software Test Engineer

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.

Rise Technical Recruitment Witney £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Embedded Software Test Engineer

Define verification strategies and build test frameworks for safety-critical embedded software used in flight-critical control and mission-assurance systems. Work spans requirements-based V&V, traceability, certification evidence and advanced techniques such as automated testing, fuzz testing, fault injection and Monte Carlo simulation, with three days a week on-site in Witney.

Rise Technical Recruitment Witney £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Front End Software Engineer

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.

Callen Lenz Salisbury £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required