UAV Engineer (part time)

About Nordic Air Defence

Nordic Air Defence, headquartered in Stockholm, develops cutting-edge defensive solutions for both civilian and military applications. We combine expertise in electronics, mechanical design, embedded systems, software engineering, and AI.

In September 2024, Nordic Air Defence unveiled its first product, the Kreuger 100, a dual-use drone-interceptor platform engineered in Sweden by a diverse, international team. Our engineers and operators bring experience from leading defence, drone, and tech organisations worldwide, including Palantir, Kratos, SAAB, Anduril, and others.

The Role

This is a part-time, on-site role in Stockholm. As UAV Engineer, you will help scale production from 10s of UAVs per week, up to thousands of UAVs per week to help us deliver to the needs of Sweden, Ukraine, and other allies in the west.

We are looking for somebody, likely with an engineering background who satisfies the following requirements:

• Hands-on experience piloting fixed-wing UAVs.

• Experience configuring and operating UAVs using PX4, ArduPilot, or comparable autopilot stacks.

• Proven ability to design and build custom UAV platforms (airframe, avionics integration, and system bring-up).

• Mission planning proficiency, including safe route design, return-to-home configuration, and geofencing using tools such as QGroundControl, MAVProxy, Mission Planner, or equivalents.

• Familiarity with common UAV prototyping and integration tools, including soldering, basic mechanical CAD (e.g., SolidWorks or similar), 3D printing, and simple PCB design (e.g., KiCad, Altium, or comparable).

Additionally:

• You are ideally a citizen of a NATO country.

• You must be located in Stockholm.

• Any experience working with the defence industry is a plus.