UAV Mechanic
Build, integrate, troubleshoot, and maintain UAV aircraft systems including airframe, mechanical, electrical, and avionics components. Requires 4+ years hands-on mechanical experience on complex systems, electrical knowledge, troubleshooting skills, and willingness to travel for field support.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Build and assemble aircraft structures and systems from the ground up
- Install and integrate mechanical, electrical, and avionics systems
- Build and route wiring harnesses, perform testing and validation
- Fabricate and work with composite parts
- Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical issues during build, integration, and maintenance
- Support ground and flight test prep, including preflight and postflight checks
- Travel to customer sites to maintain, repair, and support aircraft in the field
- Work across subsystems and understand how they interact
- Improve build processes, tooling, and repeatability over time
What You'll Bring
- 4+ years turning wrenches on real systems (aircraft, UAVs, vehicles, robotics)
- Strong mechanical foundation
- Experience working across full systems
- Electrical experience: harnesses, connectors, testing, basic diagnostics
- Ability to read drawings, wiring diagrams, and actually use them
- Comfortable troubleshooting without a step-by-step playbook
- Willingness to travel to customer and flight test sites
- High ownership
Bonus Points
- A&P license
- UAS or military aircraft maintenance background
- Flight line or flight test support experience
- Experience working under FAA or similar standards
- Experience in low-rate production or scaling builds
Skills
Aircraft Maintenance, Mechanical Systems, Electrical Systems, Avionics, Wiring Harnesses, Composite Fabrication, Troubleshooting, Wiring Diagrams, Faa Standards, A&P License
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