Drone Maintenance & Manufacturing Lead

Aviant; Town of Norway (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Large stock option package

Job summary

Aviant in Ski, Norway is seeking a Lead Technician to own the workshop, maintenance and manufacturing of our drone systems. You will work hands-on with hardware and assemblies to keep our fleet at peak performance.

This role demands strong hands-on skills, the ability to coordinate and lead others, and a disciplined approach to documentation and airworthiness. You will shape procedures and contribute to Europe’s leading autonomous last-mile delivery platform.

Qualifications

• Extremely structured and hands-on with drone maintenance and manufacturing.
• Proven ability to coordinate and organize the work of others.
• Impressive relevant experience in drone systems.

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

Skills

Soldering

CNC

3D printing

CAD

Drones maintenance

Team coordination

Tools

PWM

UART

I2C

CAN

Flight controllers

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 nowlooking 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