Drone Pilot

Roles and Responsibility:

• Drone Flying as per standard operating procedures for laying out by DGCA and other regulatory bodies.

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 a diverse team of engineers, researchers, and developers in indoor and outdoor scenarios.

• Ready to learn new concepts, and set up new SOP to mitigate risks.

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

• Experience 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 firmware.

• 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 reports of tuning and mission flights.

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

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

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English