Drone Pilot

BharatRohan Airborne Innovations Private Limited; Maharashtra; Remote; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

BharatRohan Airborne Innovations Private Limited seeks an experienced drone operations specialist for agricultural spraying and R&D flights across India. You will plan tests, ensure safety, maintain logs, and perform hands-on integration of new hardware. Strong DGCA credentials and field readiness are essential.

Ideal candidates hold UAOP eligibility, have 500+ flight hours on spraying drones, and can work in outdoor remote environments with a flexible schedule during peak periods.

Qualifications

• Must have Remote pilot certificate from DGCA.
• Experience in Agriculture drone operations and GCS.
• Must hold or obtain UAOP from DGCA-approved FTO.
• Experience planning spray missions on Farm assistant or similar software.
• Experience with terrain sensors & obstacle sensors.
• Knowledge of flow rate of spray pumps.
• Familiarity with boundary mapping and safe margins.
• Basic knowledge of electrical test equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope) and UAS sensors.
• Hands-on with electro-mechanical assembly, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, geospatial, or related field.
• Minimum 1 year operating agricultural spraying drones with ≥500 flying hours.
• Ability to fly multi-rotors in manual and autonomous modes.
• Experience flying UAVs for commercial purposes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute flight test plans for drones and payloads.
• Analyse weather forecasts to ensure safe flights.
• Maintain flight logs and records; plan missions across agriculture farms.
• Perform hands-on mechanical and electrical integration on test vehicles.
• Troubleshoot and debug drone components in office or field.
• Travel across India to execute agricultural spraying projects.
• Run preflight checks to ensure safety and compliance.
• Ensure equipment is well-maintained and ready for flights.

Skills

Remote pilot DGCA

Agriculture drone ops

GCS

UAOP

Multi-rotor flight

Autonomous flight

Electrical & test gear

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/architecture/geospatial

Tools

Farm assistant software

Terrain sensors

Obstacle sensors

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Job description

• Plan and execute flight test plans for new software features, electronics, sensors, and

payloads.

• Analyse weather forecasts to ensure safe flights Document pre- and post-flight logs
• Maintaining flight records. – plan missions across agriculture farms and maintenance of

data.

• Perform hands‑on mechanical and electrical integration of new hardware components on

the internal fleet of test vehicles for R&D and testing.

• Troubleshoot and debug any components of a drone in the office or in the field.

Maintenance of vehicles – keep the fleet ready for flight tests.

• Travel all across India to execute agricultural spraying projects.
• Ability to travel extensively and work a flexible schedule during peak periods
• Check drones before a flight to ensure safe and proper Agri operation
• Should possess a fundamental understanding of batteries, including their power ratings

and the types of batteries being utilized.

• Piloting the drone on projects in a way that adheres to the company’s policies on safety and

privacy, while ensuring delivery of quality exceeds client expectations.

• Take care of equipment in your custody to ensure it remains fully functional and in prime

operating conditions at all times.

• Ensuring that there is no material loss to the company resulting from missing/misplaced

hardware when out on projects.

• Scheduling and undertaking routine maintenance of equipment assigned to you and

ensuring it is in prime operating conditions at all times.

Experience:

• Must have Remote pilot certificate from DGCA.
• Must have experience in Agriculture drone operations and GCS.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OPERATOR PERMIT (UAOP)

from DGCA-approved Flying Training Organization (FTO), and must be comfortable

working outdoors in a remote environment.

• Experience in planning spray missions on Farm assistant or similar software, and surety of

Experience with terrain sensors & obstacle sensors

• Knowledge regarding the flow rate of spray pumps.
• Awareness of the boundary mapping and safe margins
• Basic knowledge of electrical test equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope) and UAS sensors.

• Ability to work hands‑on with electro‑mechanical systems including assembly, disassembly,

testing, and troubleshooting.

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, geospatial, or a related field

• At least 1 year of experience operating agricultural spraying drones, with a minimum of 500

+ flying hours.

• Must have experience in agriculture spraying drones.

• Ability to fly multi‑rotors in both manual and autonomous modes.

• Experience flying UAVs for commercial purposes