We are hiring a drone tinkerer!

We need a Chief Maintenance Controller for our drone operations in Adelaide starting October 1st.

We have an ever-growing fleet of drones and clients who ask the impossible. Sometimes a client needs a drone to map an entire forest. Sometimes they need it to spray solar panels. And sometimes, they just need it to work perfectly in a torrential downpour.

Your job is to keep our existing fleet, ranging from 7kg to 150kg, in pristine flying condition, while constantly hacking, modding, and re-engineering them to fit the wild and wide-ranging requirements of our commercial contracts. If you love a job where you alternate between writing code, soldering custom payloads, and deployment testing, this is your launchpad.

What You'll Actually Do

- Contract customisation: take client requirements and make it happen through hardware mods and software
- Fleet health and diagnosis: monitor telemetry, predict failures before they happen, and run technical triage even when you're 1,000s of km away
- Payload integration: interface third-party sensors, cameras, and drop mechanisms with our core drone platforms
- Field deployments and testing: take your custom creations out into the wild and validate that your mods hold up in real-world conditions
- The official duties too: run scheduled maintenance and before-use inspections across the fleet, sign off aircraft as airworthy before deployment (including for crews on one to two week remote stints),



keep maintenance records and fault logs, and carry the CASA Maintenance Controller duties under Part 101 MOS
- Keep the base running: set and enforce maintenance SOPs for the Adelaide facility, and manage spares, tooling, and consumables so crews are never grounded waiting on parts
- Level up the pilots: teach field crews basic maintenance so small issues don't need a callout

About You

- The tinkerer: half software engineer, half hardware hacker. Equally comfortable debugging a script as holding a soldering iron
- The tech: Python and C/C++, proficient in DJI systems, and fast to pick up our custom platforms
- The hands: CAD modelling, 3D printing, soldering and wiring looms, battery diagnostics (LiPo/Li-ion), flight controller calibration and firmware, and composite airframe repair
- The track record: minimum 3 years professional experience working on drones. No degree necessary, though degree-qualified applicants are preferred
- Right to work: Australian citizen, valid driver's licence, willing to travel occasionally (1 to 2 days at a time)

Why You'll Love It Here

- Never boring: We have contracts requiring 7/365 work, so we never have down time.
- Your own sandbox: a fully stocked workshop, every tool you could need
- Real impact: you are responsible for all safety and airworthiness of our drones.

Most of the team, including your direct manager, are ex-military. Veterans get preference.

📌 Chief Maintenance Controller (Adelaide)
🏢 AeroVision Solutions
📍 Adelaide