We’re looking for a hands-on RC aircraft builder/pilot to help us get a custom shaped blimp inflatable (LTA + tilt-rotor VTOL) flying outdoors. This is a 2-4 week, full-time, on-site contract focused on real flight and simulation. You’ll be working directly on a non-standard aircraft with custom control mixing, thrust vectoring, and field testing. **What you’ll be doing** * ArduPilot Plane on Pixhawk Cube Orange * Custom mixer logic, and programming (tilt rotors, nonstandard geometry) * Full avionics integration (GPS, telemetry, power, ESCs, servos) * Failsafes (RC/GPS/telemetry loss, etc.) * Hands-on wiring (crimping, soldering, looms) * Managing physics simulations to tune with hardware in the loop * Outdoor flight testing + piloting **You should have** * Built, wired, programmed, and flown your own RC aircraft * Strong ArduPilot / Pixhawk experience * Experience with unusual configs (VTOL, vectored thrust, etc.) * Comfort debugging hardware + control issues in the field **To apply** Send links/photos of **3+ aircraft you’ve personally built and flown**
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