Drone Maintenance & Manufacturing Lead

Insurely; Trondheim; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Pioneering autonomous drone delivery

Job summary

Aviant in Ski, Norway seeks a Lead Technician to drive workshop activities for drone maintenance, manufacturing and flight-readiness.

You will manage upkeep, contribute to building drones, and ensure continuing airworthiness while collaborating with a tight, skilled team.

This role offers stock options and a chance to shape Europe's leading autonomous last-mile delivery platform.

Qualifications

• Extremely structured and organized
• Impressive hands-on experience with drones
• Strong coordination and teamwork skills
• Proven track record in maintenance and manufacturing of drones

Responsibilities

• Maintain drones
• Manufacture drones
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks
• Develop procedures, documentation and programs
• Ensure Continuing Airworthiness of aircraft

Skills

Hands-on

Structured approach

Team coordination

Drone maintenance

Manufacturing

Tools

CAD

3D printing

CNC

Metalworking

Soldering

Job description

Aviant does home delivery with drones. We fly at 100 kph to people's gardens and deliver food and medicine. After starting in the labs at MIT in 2020, we have performed over 8,000 flights, covered tens of thousands of kilometers, completed more than 30 contracts and managed to take a leading position in the European drone market. We just launched Europes largest base for autonomous last-mile delivery with drones at Ski. This will be a major event in European transportation, and we are now looking for a lead technician to be responsible for our workshop, maintenance and manufacturing.

As a Lead Technician, you will:

• Maintain drones
• Manufacture drones
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks
• Further develop procedures, documentation and programs
• Be responsible for the Continuing Airworthiness of our aircraft

Relevant technology:

• Methods: Soldering, crimping, CNC, metalworking, 3D printing
• Design: CAD, drawings
• Materials: Composites (CFRP, GFRP), wood, metal, plastic
• Components: BLDC motors, servos, batteries, flight controllers, PCBs
• Communication: PWM, UART, I2C, CAN
• Electronics: Signal electronics (3.3-5.0V), power electronics (50V)

What we offer:

• Work on introducing a new means of transportation into society. Like building the first cars, you can tell your grandkids that "I was part of making this happen"
• Work in the leading environment in Europe for these systems.
• Large stock option package. When we succeed, we all succeed!

Practical:

• Position: 100%
• Location: Ski, Norway (10min train from Oslo)

Ideal candidate:

• Top 3% among your peers
• Extremely structured
• Loves to use your hands, but also to coordinate and organize the work of others
• Impressive relevant experience
• Hungry for results