TEC Flight Test

UAV Test Pilot

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Work Type: Full Time

We are looking to hire a DGCA certified UAV Pilot with 3+ years of experience with UAVs and should be comfortable working outdoors in a remote environment. He/she will be working with the engineering team for development and improvement of the UAV so a strong understanding of engineering concepts  is a must. 


Requirements:

Must have-

  • Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) for “Small Drone” category (up to 25 kg)  from DGCA approved Flying Training Organization (FTO)

  • Experience of flying Multirotor and Fixed-wing UAVs 

  • Experience in using various Flight Controllers of the Pixhawk family like Pixhawk Cube Orange, Pixhawk 4 etc.

  • Experience with ArduCopter, ArduPlane, and PX4 firmwares.

  • Experience in configuring and troubleshooting UAVs through various GCS software, like Mission Planner, QGroundControl, DJI Assistant , etc.

  • Experience in integrating, operating and PID tuning of UAVs for Autonomous flights

  • Experience in planning autonomous missions

  • Documentation skills for Flight Logs and test report of tuning and mission flights.

  • Knowledge of National Airspace System, Drone Rules and regulations, Digital Sky platform, etc.

  • Experience in assembly, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting for drone’s systems

  • Good verbal and written communication skills in English


Good to have-

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

  • Experience with Hybrid Fixed wing + VTOL UAVs 

  • Experience in planning and executing land survey and mapping missions for mines, pipelines, fields etc

  • Experience in post-processing of mapping data

  • Experience with programming languages for engineering use (C++, MATLAB, Python).


Personality Traits:

  • Strong problem solving ability

  • Good communication skills

  • Ability to work with diverse team of engineers, researchers and developers in indoor and outdoor scenario

  • Ready to learn new concepts, setup new SOP to mitigate risks

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