Aerospace Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer – Canada

Socket.dev; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Volatus Aerospace is seeking an Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer to join our on-site team in Vaughan, Canada. The role focuses on integrating, configuring, and validating electronic and control systems for next-generation RPAS platforms.

You will work hands-on with flight controllers, avionics integration, sensor systems, power management, diagnostics, and embedded troubleshooting, collaborating with engineering and flight operations to ensure reliability, safety, and mission readiness.

Qualifications

• Hands-on soldering experience with fine-pitch components and connectors.
• Experience configuring flight controllers from scratch (Pixhawk, KK Board, Piccolo).
• Familiarity with MAVLink, UAVCAN/DroneCAN protocols a plus.
• Basic PCB design exposure (KiCad/EasyEDA) considered an asset.
• Understanding power electronics, voltage regulators, and BEC systems.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and wire complete avionics systems including flight controllers, GPS, telemetry, and power distribution.
• Configure, calibrate, and troubleshoot flight controllers (Pixhawk PX4/ArduPilot) and sensor calibration.
• Tune power systems: motor/propeller matching, current profiling, battery selection, thermal management.

Skills

Soldering

Electronics troubleshooting

System integration

Python

C

Diagnostics

Tools

Pixhawk PX4

KK Board

Piccolo Autopilot

MAVLink

UAVCAN/DroneCAN

KiCad

EasyEDA

Job description

Volatus Aerospace is seeking an Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer to join our on-site team in Vaughan, Canada. The role focuses on integrating, configuring, and validating electronic and control systems for next-generation RPAS platforms.

You will work hands-on with flight controllers, avionics integration, sensor systems, power management, diagnostics, and embedded troubleshooting, collaborating with engineering and flight operations to ensure reliability, safety, and mission readiness.