UAV / Drone Engineer
UAV / Drone Engineer ships physical systems where software, electronics, and field constraints meet.
Salary from
$1,916
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to
$4,262
Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs
96
Last 3 months
Applications per job
1.73
JobNote category match
Published signal
UAV Engineer · DefTech + Hardware / DefTech family
$1,500
UAV Engineer median
281
Hardware jobs · June record
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. Broad Hardware-category signal, not an exact speciality count.
Most wanted skills
Counts of active jobs now and salaries.
Ardupilot
27
$1457–$3664
Embedded
22
$2151–$4469
UAV
14
$2979–$4174
Python
12
$2949–$4669
C/C++
11
$2440–$4770
PX4
11
$1703–$4409
MAVLINK
10
$1695–$3674
Technical Writing
10
$1727–$3061
CAD
9
$1689–$3186
Soldering
9
$1309–$2735
Linux
8
$1972–$3830
3D Modeling
7
$1442–$3064
Mission Planner
7
$1400–$2687
SolidWorks
7
$1771–$3035
I2C
6
$1622–$4268
Mechanical Engineering
6
$1966–$3339
PID Tuning
6
$1600–$3033
Radio Communications
6
$1404–$3110
SPI
6
$1563–$4255
UART
6
$1653–$4134
UAV Systems
6
$1907–$3916