UAV / Drone Engineer
UAV / Drone Engineer ships physical systems where software, electronics, and field constraints meet.
Salary from
$2,091
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$4,411
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
107
Last 3 months
Applications per job
1.44
JobNote category match
Published signal
UAV Engineer · DefTech + Hardware / DefTech family
$1,500
UAV Engineer median
704
DefTech Hardware jobs · Q3
2.5
responses per Hardware job · DefTech Q3
Hiring Screen for tested hardware, field failures, interfaces, and manufacturing or deployment constraints.
Candidate Show what worked outside the lab and how you diagnosed failure.
Data DefTech only; net monthly DOU survey median. DOU Hardware category in DefTech, not an exact speciality figure.
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