Junior UAV Engineer

About Us

AssetCool is addressing one of the most pressing challenges in the global energy transition – grid congestion. By combining cutting-edge grid robotics with breakthrough materials science, our technology transforms the physical performance of the grid in situ, increasing current-carrying capacity by up to 30%, at just 5% of the cost and in a tenth of the time compared to conventional approaches.

In addition to enhancing capacity, our solutions tackle other grid constraints including corrosion, electrical noise, and enable the collection of high-value data to build accurate, predictive digital twins. This technology is proving transformative and is being adopted at an accelerating pace, with deployments across Canada, Slovenia, the UK, and the USA, and a strong global deployment pipeline.

AssetCool is a fast-growing company with plans to more than double in size over the next six months. Backed by international investors from the US, mainland Europe, and the UK, we are proud to be one of the most innovation-focused companies in the UK energy sector.

We\’re looking for ambitious, mission-driven individuals who are excited to work hard alongside their colleagues to build and deploy world-leading technology that tackles some of the planet\’s most urgent infrastructure challenges.

Role Overview

Calling out drone lovers to advance their career through this exciting opportunity contributing to the development of AssetCool innovative robotics systems. You will work alongside a team of talented engineers to develop the future of hybrid robots for power line coating. This comes with valuable experience designing, building and testing mutirotors UAVs while supporting field testing and deployments at our customers\’ sites nationally and internationally.

Key Responsibilities

• UAV hardware and software integration including flight controllers, sensors, propulsion, power, communication, and computation.
• UAV field testing and debugging using telemetry and flight logs.
• Design and integration mechanical components to integrate sensors and other mechatronics subsystems with the UAV.
• Technical documentation of integration processes and clear dissemination of test results. Collaboration with production engineers to streamline platform development.

Key Skills and Experience

Required

• A bachelor\’s or master\’s degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, or related field.
• Knowlege of multirotor UAV dynamics and components.
• Practical experience with flight controllers, PX4 or similar.
• Rich hand-on experience working with various flight sensors.
• Familiarity of different levels of autonomy of UAVs.
• Experience working with Arduino microcontrollers and Linux based embedded computers, Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson, or similar.
• Experience in building and flying multirotors UAVs.
• 3D CAD design using SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar.

Desirable Skills

• Experience developing sensor interfaces using, CAN, UDP, I2C.
• Programming skills in Python and C/C++.
• UK and international drone pilot qualifications.
• Familiarity with robotics simulation software and testing pipelines.
• Design and integration of hybrid robotics systems.

Why Join AssetCool?

• Work on groundbreaking technology revolutionizing the power grid.
• Fast-growing startup with significant industry traction and large-scale projects.
• Collaborative, innovation-driven team with exciting career growth opportunities.
• Competitive salary, and flexible work options

We know that women and other underrepresented groups can sometimes feel they need to meet every single requirement listed in a job description. If you\’re excited about this role but your experience doesn\’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply. You might be exactly who we\’re looking for, either for this role or another opportunity within our team.

We\’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We\’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone can thrive, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

If you have a disability or any specific requirements and need adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, just let us know and we\’ll do our best to accommodate your needs.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

We are not looking for agency support currently.