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Drone Engineer

A drone engineer is the engineer who designs, maintains and repairs the drone. Drone is also known as the unmanned aerial system (UAS). Drone engineer position requires mechanical engineering, aeronautical and aircraft maintenance engineering. Many employers also ask for a UAV certificate and knowledge of rules and regulations for flying drones. Often experienced pilots are preferred for these roles.

Drone is controlled by the remote. It is usually used for military and space purposes. Now available in a wide range of shapes and sizes, the purposes for which drones can be used is continually expanding. The job requires you to control the drone for doing the tasks that the company does for example, photography, grocery delivery etc.

  • Strong communication skills
  • Robust problem-solving abilities
  • Excellent electronic and mechanical skills
  • Expertise in multitasking
  • Keen attention to detail

Roles and Responsibilities of Drone Engineer

  • Check drones before a flight to ensure safe and proper operation.
  • Analyze weather forecasts to ensure safe flights.
  • Document pre- and post-flight logs.
  • Monitor drones during flight.
  • Plan drone flight routes.
  • Navigate drones along designated paths.
  • Gather information or produce aerial photographs, as needed
  • Perform equipment testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance
  • Plan and execute flight test plans for new software features, electronics, sensors, and payloads.
  • Perform hands-on mechanical and electrical integration of new hardware components on the internal fleet of test vehicles for R&D and testing.
  • Troubleshoot and debug any components of a drone in the office or in the field. Maintenance of vehicles – keep the fleet ready for flight tests.
  • Participate in defining and validating customer workflows and enhancing User experience.
  • Coordinate cross-team efforts among FlytBase engineers to resolve issues identified during flight tests.
  • Drive collaboration with FlyBase Developer team, Business Development team and Customer Support team to incorporate customer feedback and feature requests into Fly Bases product development cycle.
  • Learn about the domain and competitors to propose new drone applications, as well as, improvements in existing applications

Salary of the Drone Engineer

The starting salary of a drone engineer will be 3-5 lakhs per annum and after gaining experience of 2 to 4 year your salary will be increased upto 7-8 lakhs per annum. The salary will be negotiable according to your experience, location, company and other factors that are responsible for the salary package. The average salary of the experienced person will be 12-15 lakh per annum.

Additional Course required to become drone engineer

There are many job opportunities across the worldwide that give the handsome salary package to those who have the additional certificate course of the cyber security with their regular degrees of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) long term courses such as:-

  • Aeronautical engineering
  • Aircraft maintenance engineering
  • Computer science and engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electronics and communication engineering
  • Industry

    The class consists of learners from excellent organizations and diverse industries. Furthermore, one can find the eligibility criteria below:-

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Industry Trends

The global drone market size stood at USD 112.01 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach USD 281.74 billion by 2027. As per the research, the cyber security industry grows 12.6% CAGR during the forecast period of 2020-2027. 37% of the job growth in the drone engineer job opportunities are estimated for security roles by 2022.

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