Test Technician (Drones, Radar)

Position: Test Technician (Drones, Radar) Travel Required: Occasionally, in the UK
Location: Bourn, Cambridge Position Type: Full time, perm
Applications Accepted By:
EMAIL: [contact hidden] SUBJECT LINE: TEST TECHNICIAN RADAR FOR DRONES
Job Description
ABOUT US
[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is a radar engineering business, investor funded and with product in the market. We have our own state of
the art radar sensor designs and are applying these into growth markets for Drone navigation, obstacle avoidance, and control.
We require an engineer or technician with drone pilot experience to fly our in-house drones and gather experimental results from
our radar, to evaluate and report their performance, and to demonstrate capability to our customers. The test engineer will also
manage the back end and support activities related to flight operations that ensure the smooth functioning of our product testing
and demonstrations. They will be responsible for maintenance of our small drones, ground testing, and sensor configuration preflight. Once trained, they shall talk with our customers and advise on optimal settings and configurations, so that our radar can
be supported within customers aircraft.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone wanting to build on their current experience and to be involved in the next
generation of drone technologies, providing superb learning and development opportunity for you and the ability to add to the
creation of innovative solutions.
The role would suit a recent graduate/HND, with a passion for drones, and autonomous systems. They will have opportunity to
work alongside and be mentored by leading engineers in this area.
If youve built and flown your own drone, we want to talk to you !
If you are looking to join a growing company, on exciting projects involving drones, autonomy, and sensing, then please do apply.
We value honesty, character, and integrity and so you can always expect these from us too. No prior radar knowledge is required.
WHAT YOULL BE DOING
- Gound and system testing, alongside the engineering team
- Collections and analysis of our drone radar test results
- Test flights, at our airfield
- Drone maintenance and repair
- Trials and demo flights, and occasionally off site (UK)
- Ensuring flights always run smoothly and safely
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Degree qualified is desirable, or HND, but experience in lieu (with drones, building and flying), will also be considered
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Some prior drone build, maintenance, and flight capability. Minimum of 50 hours prior flight experience on small
drones (<5kg take-off weight)
- Good working knowledge of Ardupilot and Mission planner
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Microsoft office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Experience coding, using Python tools
- UK driving licence
DESIRABLE SKILLS
- Software in the loop testing, for Ardupilot flight controller
- Working knowledge of other flight controllers (Pixhawk)
- Coding C, within an embedded environment.