Hands-On FPV Drone Pilot — Field Testing & R&D

Air Pixels, Inc.; Mahwah (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental Insurance

Health Insurance

Paid time off

Vision Insurance

Job summary

AITAN is expanding its US engineering team in the New York metropolitan area and seeks an experienced FPV pilot to fly manual/acro mode for test flights, integration, and live demonstrations at our NJ test facility. You will build, repair, and tune quads, document results, and contribute to R&D with engineers.

Required 2+ years FPV hands-on experience, FAA Part 107 or willingness to obtain, and U.S. citizenship. Willingness to travel to field sites is essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on FPV experience (professional or serious hobbyist / competitive racing / freestyle counts)
• FAA Part 107 certificate, or willingness to obtain within 90 days (we'll cover it)
• U.S. citizenship - required for this position
• Willingness to travel to field / test sites

Responsibilities

• Fly FPV aircraft (manual / acro mode) for test flights, system integration, and customer demonstrations
• Execute structured flight test plans and document results; notice and report subtle performance issues in aircraft, radio links, and video systems
• On non-testing days, contribute to R&D at our NJ test facility: prototype builds, hardware / software integration, bench testing, and iterating with engineering on findings from flight tests
• Build, repair, and maintain quads: soldering, component swaps, firmware configuration, and tuning
• Review your own DVR footage and flight logs to support engineering feedback
• Support field operations and demos, including travel to off-site locations

Skills

FPV flying

Flight test planning

Soldering

Electronics troubleshooting

INAV

ExpressLRS

Demonstrations

Tools

INAV

ExpressLRS

Job description

AITAN is expanding its US engineering team in the New York metropolitan area and seeks an experienced FPV pilot to fly manual/acro mode for test flights, integration, and live demonstrations at our NJ test facility. You will build, repair, and tune quads, document results, and contribute to R&D with engineers.

Required 2+ years FPV hands-on experience, FAA Part 107 or willingness to obtain, and U.S. citizenship. Willingness to travel to field sites is essential.