Drone Jobs in Woking

• Cambridgeshire
• Hybrid
• £350 – £450 pd
• Contract

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.

Creo · WINDCHILL · AAX Plugin +1

• Hereford
• £45,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior

Design and develop UAV components and drone launch systems, creating mechanical schemes, detailed part and assembly designs, and associated drawings in SolidWorks. Use hand calculations, simulation and CAE tools to size and optimise systems, develop test plans and support in-house prototype builds within a small engineering team.

SolidWorks

• Luton
• On-site
• Entry level
• Temporary

Summer placement students join Electronic Warfare and Future Combat Air teams, working on real projects across software, systems, hardware, firmware, microwave or antenna engineering. They deliver small work packages, design and test products, and collaborate with experienced engineers across the product lifecycle, with mentoring and possible return offers.

MATLAB · Simulink · MS Office

• Fareham
• On-site
• Permanent

Create and maintain 3D CAD models, assemblies and engineering drawings in SolidWorks, plus manufacturing and assembly drawings for prototype and production builds. Manage Bills of Materials, engineering documentation and configuration control within PDM/PLM systems, supporting drawing release and revision control. Works closely with Design, Manufacturing and Systems Engineers on a large fixed-wing UAV platform.

SolidWorks · SolidWorks PDM

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Cambridge
• Remote
• £45,000 pa
• Senior · manages people

Lead pilot on complex drone missions across UK infrastructure projects, covering BVLOS, visual mitigation, fixed-wing, survey, LiDAR and inspection operations. Supervises deployed crews, mentors less experienced pilots and develops operational standards, procedures and mission plans. Involves configuring flight controllers, geofences and fail-safes, and analysing flight logs to improve performance.

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £60,000 – £80,000 pa
• Mid-level

Ensures software development and verification processes are followed correctly across safety-critical autonomous systems, auditing processes and maintaining compliance with industry standards. Reviews quality documentation and assurance evidence, manages non-conformances and drives continuous improvement while working closely with engineering teams. Requires a process-assurance focus beyond testing, with knowledge of DO-178C, ISO 26262 or IEC 61508.

• Lincoln
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Day-to-day running of an AS9100 Engineering Quality Management System, coordinating assurance across engineering and maintenance teams. Maintains controlled records, plans internal audits, logs non-conformities and corrective actions, and reports KPIs and risks to the Head of Engineering, with occasional travel to support deployed teams.

• Newcastle upon Tyne
• £80,000 – £120,000 pa
• Director · manages people

Lead a 12-person software engineering team building real-time embedded systems for critical infrastructure protection, reporting to the CTO. Own capability, delivery, standards and technical direction across the full product lifecycle, translating customer requirements into engineering plans. Requires C++ and embedded background plus security clearance eligibility.

NVIDIA Jetson · Linux

• London
• Hybrid
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Lead

Hands-on technical leadership role reporting directly to the CTO, combining architecture ownership with mentoring engineers and facilitating Scrum delivery. Focus on real-time embedded software in C, C++ and Python for autonomous and safety-critical systems, with hardware/software integration and controlled development lifecycles.

DO-178C · ISO 26262 · IEC 61508

• Oakland, United States
• £120,000 – £200,000 pa
• Senior

Designs and develops electronics hardware and embedded systems across the full product lifecycle for robotic UAS platforms operating in real-world environments. Involves analogue and digital circuit design, PCB layout and schematic capture in Altium, plus prototyping, testing and debugging with oscilloscopes and logic analysers. Works on cutting-edge robotics, UAV, UGV and space technologies.

Altium Designer · STM32 · ARM Cortex +7

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £50 – £55 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Deliver mechanical design packages for sub-modules integrated onto an Unmanned Aerial System, covering detailed CAD development, assembly management and vendor liaison for rapid prototyping and low-volume manufacturing. Work in PTC Creo and Windchill with the Advanced Assembly Extension for top-down design, coordinating with electronics, RF and systems teams and external manufacturing facilities.

PTC Creo · Windchill · Creo Advanced Assembly Extension +2