Lead Technician

Aviant; Sæby; On-site; NOK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option package

Job summary

Aviant in Ski, Norway, is building Europe’s largest base for autonomous drone delivery. We are seeking a Lead Technician to run our workshop, maintain drones, and scale manufacturing as we deploy a new transportation technology.

You will coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, develop procedures and documentation, and ensure the Continuing Airworthiness of our aircraft. The ideal candidate is highly structured, hands-on, with strong collaboration skills and a drive for results.

Qualifications

• Extremely structured and highly organized.
• Hands-on with drones and repair work.
• Ability to coordinate and organize others' work.
• Impressive relevant experience in drone tech.
• Hungry for results and delivering tangible outcomes.

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

• Maintain drones
• Components: BLDC motors, servos, batteries, flight controllers, PCBs

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