Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer, RPAS Systems (Canada)

Volatus Aerospace; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Volatus Aerospace in Vaughan, Canada, is seeking an Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer to join our hands-on team developing, integrating, and validating RPAS avionics and flight control systems.

You will wire and test flight controllers (Pixhawk, KK Boards, Piccolo), work with MAVLink, Python/C scripts, sensors, and power systems, and support diagnostics in fast-paced operational environments. We value practical soldering, problem-solving, and reading schematics and datasheets.

Qualifications

• Hands-on soldering experience with fine-pitch components and connectors.
• Experience configuring at least one flight controller platform (Pixhawk, KK Board, or Piccolo).
• Experience with MAVLink, UAVCAN/DroneCAN, and UAV communication protocols is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and wire complete avionics systems including flight controllers and power distribution.
• Configure, calibrate, and troubleshoot Pixhawk, KK Boards, and Piccolo autopilots; set up failsafes and RC mappings.
• Tune power systems and perform sensor integration (GPS, IMUs, barometers, cameras).
• Develop integration scripts in Python or C to support MAVLink tools and data parsing.
• Diagnose hardware and avionics issues using flight logs, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.

Skills

Soldering

Flight controllers

Python

C

Diagnostics

Embedded systems

Schematics reading

Tools

Pixhawk (PX4/ArduPilot)

KK Boards

Piccolo Autopilot

MAVLink

UAVCAN/DroneCAN

KiCad/EasyEDA

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Volatus Aerospace in Vaughan, Canada, is seeking an Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer to join our hands-on team developing, integrating, and validating RPAS avionics and flight control systems.

You will wire and test flight controllers (Pixhawk, KK Boards, Piccolo), work with MAVLink, Python/C scripts, sensors, and power systems, and support diagnostics in fast-paced operational environments. We value practical soldering, problem-solving, and reading schematics and datasheets.