Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer

Volatus Aerospace is a global leader in aerial intelligence and drone solutions, bringing together over 100 years of combined aviation expertise.

We specialize in delivering innovative, customer-focused solutions through both piloted and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) across industries including defense, infrastructure, energy, public safety, and logistics.

As part of our continued growth and innovation initiatives, we are seeking an Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer to join our team and support the development, integration, and testing of advanced RPAS platforms and avionics systems.

Volatus Aerospace, the Avionics & Mechatronics Engineer plays a critical role in integrating, configuring, and validating the electronic and control systems that power next-generation unmanned aerial systems.

This is a highly hands-on engineering role focused on flight controllers, avionics integration, sensor systems, power management, diagnostics, and embedded system troubleshooting.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering and flight operations teams to ensure aircraft systems are reliable, safe, and mission ready.

We are seeking a builder and problem solver who is comfortable with soldering irons, oscilloscopes, wiring harnesses, flight logs, and real-world system troubleshooting in fast-paced operational environments.

• Assemble and wire complete avionics systems, including ESCs, motors, flight controllers, GPS systems, telemetry modules, RC receivers, and power distribution systems.
• Configure, calibrate, and troubleshoot flight controllers such as Pixhawk (PX4 / ArduPilot), KK Boards, and Piccolo Autopilot platforms, including sensor calibration, RC mapping, failsafe setup, and pre-arm checks.
• Tune and optimize power systems by performing motor and propeller matching, current draw profiling, battery selection, and thermal management analysis to ensure reliable aircraft performance.