Field Operations Engineer
On-siteSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaOn-siteFull TimeStartup
Full TimeStartup
Job Summary
Plan and run field testing campaigns end-to-end, provisioning drones and configuring hardware to ensure platforms are flight-ready. Own the hardware registry and inventory, keeping the Sydney workshop organized while supporting the Austin team as needed. Execute simulation testing on a regular cadence to surface issues before they reach the field, then triage field issues and package bug reports for the software team. Support demos and international deployments with on-site hardware and configuration support. Roughly one week per month is spent in the field, requiring Australian citizenship and willingness to travel.
Required Qualifications
- Australian citizenship
- Willingness to travel and participate in regular field testing (around one week a month)
- Hands-on experience with drones or other UAVs
- Understanding of how drones work (flight controllers, ESCs, props, radios)
- Experience building, tuning, or seriously tinkering with at least one drone platform
- Familiarity with ArduPilot or a similar flight stack
- Ability to set parameters, tune, and diagnose problems with ArduPilot
- Comfort in Linux and on the command line
- Experience with CAD and 3D printing for hardware fixes and fixtures
- Highly organised nature with strong attention to detail
- Self-motivation and willingness to follow (and improve) defined procedures
- Genuine enjoyment of hardware and field work over chasing the next software project
Desired Qualifications
- A Remote Pilot Licence (RePL)
- ReOC experience
- Standout university project experience in a competitive, company-like team (e.g., solar car, autonomous systems, or robotics competition teams)
- A defence or military background
- Hands-on work with experimental hardware, UAS, drones, or military communications
- Field, deployment, or expedition experience in demanding environments
- Some software or scripting ability, including using AI coding tools, to build small tools and automations
- Experience improving or extending simulation environments
- Prior startup or scale-up experience
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