Job Description

The Senior Flight Ops Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role supporting the development, testing, and operation of unmanned aircraft systems in Ukraine. The role bridges aircraft prototyping, hardware integration, HIL/ground testing, aircraft maintenance, and field flight operations, working closely with hardware, software, autonomy, and flight-test teams.

The technician will build and modify prototype aircraft, integrate avionics and electrical systems, fabricate parts using 3D printing and other rapid-prototyping methods, and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, communications, and system-level issues. They will also build, maintain, and troubleshoot HIL rigs and related test infrastructure, help establish and maintain a local prototyping and flight-operations lab, and support aircraft readiness and field testing.

This role is best suited for a versatile, self-sufficient senior technician who can move seamlessly between the lab, aircraft, HIL environment, and flight-test site—rapidly solving problems and helping engineering teams get systems ready for test and flight.

Flight Ops Technician III.

What You'll Do

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining or integrating fixed-wing and multirotor UAS.
• Experience with autonomous or experimental aircraft and Group 1 or Group 2 UAS.
• Experience building or maintaining HIL environments for aircraft, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Experience with 3D printing, CAD, and prototype part fabrication.
• Experience integrating avionics, flight computers, sensors, actuators, radios, antennas, or payload systems.
• Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, or similar flight-control systems.
• Familiarity with Ground Control Stations, telemetry, RF systems, datalinks, and networking.
• Familiarity with Linux, command-line tools, scripting, or basic software troubleshooting.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, or similar electrical test equipment.
• Experience establishing or maintaining an engineering lab, prototype shop, HIL lab, or flight-operations facility.
• Background in defense, aerospace, robotics, aircraft maintenance, manufacturing, or flight test.
• Experience working in austere or rapidly changing field environments.
• Ukrainian and English language proficiency.