Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)
Hybrid (New York, NY)$20/hr - $50/hrContractPosted 7mo ago
About the role
Hands-on RC aircraft builder/pilot needed for a 2-4 week on-site contract to develop and test a custom shaped blimp inflatable (LTA + tilt-rotor VTOL) with full avionics integration, flight testing, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
- 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
Skills
Required:ArduPilotPixhawkCustom mixer logicRC aircraft building
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Buoyant Aero
Bringing back blimps
Buoyant Aero builds zero-emissions autonomous drone blimps to break free from existing advertising paradigms and reach new audiences in new places. Whether it’s on the beach, outside the convention center, or through the window of your target executive’s office, Buoyant’s blimps amplify your message to create measurable brand benefits.
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