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Founding Drone & Avionics Technician

SE3 Labs

Responsibilities

  • Assemble and test prototype avionics units, including harnesses and electrical subsystems for UAVs
  • Install, measure, and verify electronics inside flight vehicles, ensuring robust, repeatable, and high-quality integration
  • Set up, organize, and maintain our avionics workspace by selecting quality tools and building out a scalable integration process
  • Spot design flaws, propose improvements, and help us move faster and build better

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on experience

  • assembling wiring harnesses and electronics, ideally in aerospace or high-reliability systems
  • You’re proficient in soldering wires, connectors, and PCBs, and you know your way around aerospace crimping and wire tools
  • You’re comfortable using electronic diagnostic tools and have a solid grasp of troubleshooting workflows
  • You care about precision, build quality, and structure. You know that great systems start with clean, reliable integration
  • You bring a proactive, organized approach and a deep sense of ownership. You don't just build, you improve
  • Conversational English

Preferred

  • Experience with sensors, signal chains, and testing setups
  • Operating or tuning drones (and the scars to prove it)
  • Familiarity with CAD, PLM, or MES systems
  • Experience running environmental tests like vibration or thermal

About the Role

As our

Founding Drone & Avionics Technician, you’ll play a key role in getting our fleet of autonomous drones ready for flight. Working closely with our engineering team, you’ll establish our professional-grade avionics shop, build harnesses and integration workflows, and ensure every system is measured, tested, and flight-proven. You won’t just follow instructions, you’ll improve the way we work on your initiative and directly with our engineering team.

Test & Feedback

Support qualification and development testing, from vibration to thermal tests, and loop feedback back to engineering

Your Profile

  • You’ve completed a technical apprenticeship or training in a relevant field, e.g.,
  • Fluggeräteelektroniker
  • Elektroniker, or you’re
  • EASA-certified

is a must

; German is a strong plus

Get Certified

  • We'll train you to become a certified drone pilot
  • 31 Paid Days Off:
  • 30 vacation days plus your birthday off

Well-being Access

Free membership to gyms, yoga, and wellness through EGYM Wellpass

Team Offsites

We go on 2 company retreats per year, our last ones were in Italy and Greece

Mentorship

  • Work closely with experienced engineers and get paired with a professional mentor to support your growth
  • Our Process

Intro Call (20 min)

  • Let’s get to know each other (conducted by Michael, our Chief of Staff)
  • Technical Interview (45 min): (with Lukas, our Hardware Lead)

Onsite Trial/Case (1.5 hrs)

We’ll build or test something together, just like on the job (together with our Hardware Team)

Team Dinner/Lunch

See if it’s a culture fit on both sides