Lead Drone Technician

Insurely; Trondheim; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Large stock option package

Job summary

Aviant is pioneering drone delivery in Europe, seeking a Lead Technician to oversee our workshop, maintenance and manufacturing in Ski, Norway. You will maintain and manufacture drones, coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and help develop procedures and documentation to ensure Continuing Airworthiness.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on skills, strong organization, and proven experience in aerospace or high-precision hardware; you will lead a small team and contribute to the rollout

Qualifications

• Hands-on maintenance and fabrication experience with drones or similar high-precision hardware.
• Ability to develop and document procedures for maintenance and manufacturing.
• Structured, organized, with a focus on reliability and airworthiness.

Responsibilities

• Maintain drones and manufacture drones.
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks.
• Develop procedures, documentation and programs.
• Be responsible for the Continuing Airworthiness of our aircraft.

Skills

Drones maintenance

Manufacturing drones

Maintenance scheduling

Procedures documentation

Continuing Airworthiness

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