Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)
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At a glance
Job overview
The company seeks a hands‑on RC aircraft builder and pilot to develop a custom‑shaped blimp inflatable with tilt‑rotor VTOL capabilities. The contractor will work onsite in the NYC area for a full‑time, two‑to‑four‑week period, handling avionics integration, custom mixer programming, wiring, and outdoor flight testing.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Full job description
We’re looking for a hands-on RC aircraft builder/pilot to help us get a custom shaped blimp inflatable (LTA + tilt-rotor VTOL) flying outdoors. This is a 2-4 week, full-time, on-site contract focused on real flight and simulation. You’ll be working directly on a non-standard aircraft with custom control mixing, thrust vectoring, and field testing. What you’ll be doing
- ArduPilot Plane on Pixhawk Cube Orange
- Custom mixer logic, and programming (tilt rotors, nonstandard geometry)
- Full avionics integration (GPS, telemetry, power, ESCs, servos)
- Failsafes (RC/GPS/telemetry loss, etc.)
- Hands-on wiring (crimping, soldering, looms)
- Managing physics simulations to tune with hardware in the loop
- Outdoor flight testing + piloting
You should have
- Built, wired, programmed, and flown your own RC aircraft
- Strong ArduPilot / Pixhawk experience
- Experience with unusual configs (VTOL, vectored thrust, etc.)
- Comfort debugging hardware + control issues in the field
To apply Send links/photos of 3+ aircraft you’ve personally built and flown
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