Field Service Engineer II - UAS Autonomy & Flight Testing

Scientific Systems Company, Inc.; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Family leave

Disability insurance

Training & development

Hybrid schedule

Free food

Wellness resources

Summer 9/80 schedule

Job summary

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. is seeking a skilled Field Service Engineer to support UAS deployments with SSCI’s autonomy software. This hands-on role integrates, configures, tests, and supports SSCI autonomy capabilities on multiple UAS in real-world environments.

The role combines field operations, flight testing, customer training, and troubleshooting. You will work with customers, end users, and OEM teams to expand our footprint across drone manufacturers and mission profiles.

Qualifications

• Active FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.
• BS Degree and 5+ year of applicable work experience.
• 3+ years of experience in UAS operations, drone hardware integration, flight testing, or field engineering.
• Proficiency with common autopilot systems (PX4, ArduPilot, or proprietary OEM controllers).
• Strong understanding of UAS avionics, radios, sensors, power systems, and ground control interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Integrate SSCI autonomy software onto customer and OEM aircraft, including configuration of flight controllers, radios, sensors, payloads, and autonomy modules.
• Conduct safe UAS flight operations under FAA Part 107 for testing, demonstrations, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for customers, end users, and OEM teams.
• Hands-on troubleshooting fieldwork onsite and at customer sites.
• Diagnose issues across mechanical, electrical, networking, and software subsystems.
• Support flight test campaigns: aircraft setup, pre-flight procedures, mission execution, data logging, and post-flight analysis.
• Train customer and partner teams on SSCI-enabled aircraft.
• Document integration activities, troubleshooting findings, and recommended improvements.
• Provide feedback to SSCI engineering to improve cross-platform performance and customer experience.

Skills

FAA Part 107 Certification

UAS Operations

Flight Testing

Field Engineering

Autonomy software integration

Education

BS Degree in a related field

Tools

PX4

ArduPilot

OEM controllers

Job description

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. is seeking a skilled Field Service Engineer to support UAS deployments with SSCI’s autonomy software. This hands-on role integrates, configures, tests, and supports SSCI autonomy capabilities on multiple UAS in real-world environments.

The role combines field operations, flight testing, customer training, and troubleshooting. You will work with customers, end users, and OEM teams to expand our footprint across drone manufacturers and mission profiles.