UAV Testing Engineer

• Understanding of Hybrid-VTOL UAVs Flight envelope.
• Fixed wing and Multirotor manual flying experience
• Understanding of Pixhawk and arducopter/PX4 firmware.
• Understanding of Flight Planning and Ground Control Stations along with planning for alternate landing and other safety related operations.
• Some experience with hands on troubleshooting UAVs Electro-mechanical systems.

• To plan, co-ordinate, execute and document flight test activities,
• Testing different subsystems with the drone delivery aspect in mind.
• Setup and test new hardware and software.
• Work closely with the engineering design and certification teams to ensure all planned flight test activity meets requirements and company timescales.
• Coordinate with the flight test instrumentation section to ensure all instrumentation, data recording and retrieval devices are available for test flights.
• Maintain documentation and data management for all flight test activity.
• Review supporting safety assessments, flight test documentation, operating procedures and limitations.
• Participate in the development of aircraft flight manuals, check lists and related publications.
• Oversee coordination from design stage, creation of all maintenance/technical publications for aircraft and system programs;
• Undertake Quality Checks, correlation with design, certification agencies;
• Undertake ground training classes for the ground crew/engineers on specific areas such as handling, procedures, performance etc;
• Design a Flight Test program by working with the team to identify requirements
• Produce post-flight reports, including analyzing flight logs and crunching numbers
• Write flight ops related documentation

• Ability to Identify, Evaluate and Record Risks and implement the new findings.
• Excitement to improve upon Drone Operations procedures and brainstorm new ideas.
• Good consistent communication to ensure the team is focused on realizing the Safety Standards.
• Excellence in operational safety.
• Incredible management skills.

• A highly motivated and goal-oriented team.
• An opportunity to deploy and test Next-Generation of Drone delivery vehicles.
• The chance to have a positive impact through your work.

The UAV Testing Engineer plans and carries out flight tests for autonomous drone delivery aircraft, including subsystem checks and post-flight analysis. The role also supports operational safety, technical documentation, and coordination with engineering, certification, and instrumentation teams.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Plan, coordinate, perform, and document flight-test activities and test programs.
• Test UAV subsystems and newly introduced hardware and software for delivery operations.
• Coordinate with engineering, certification, and instrumentation teams on test requirements, timelines, and data capture.
• Review safety assessments, operating procedures, limitations, and flight-test documentation.
• Maintain test records, analyze flight logs, and prepare post-flight reports.
• Contribute to flight manuals, checklists, maintenance publications, and flight-operations documentation.
• Perform quality checks and help align technical publications with design and certification needs.
• Train ground crew and engineers on aircraft handling, procedures, and performance.

Good fit signals

• Understands hybrid-VTOL flight envelopes and has manual flying experience with fixed-wing and multirotor aircraft.
• Has familiarity with Pixhawk and ArduCopter or PX4 firmware, flight planning, and ground control stations.
• Has some hands-on experience troubleshooting UAV electromechanical systems.
• Can identify and document risks, prioritize operational safety, and communicate safety expectations consistently.
• Can coordinate test work across engineering, certification, and flight-test instrumentation teams.