Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)

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