Aerial Systems Engineer
Core
Technical backbone for Nearmap's aerial capture operation in North America, ensuring aircraft cameras, sensors, and onboard systems are operational for national imagery collection.
Role type
Senior IC Aerial Systems Engineer (Field Service & Maintenance)
Builds
Aerial imagery capture fleet readiness and rapid data delivery for property intelligence and catastrophe response.
Domain
Aviation maintenance, aerospace, and geospatial data collection.
Deliverable
Production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Avionics/electro-mechanical troubleshooting, sensor maintenance, mechanical/electrical testing, inventory logistics management, pilot onboarding and training, fault isolation methodology, network connectivity troubleshooting, soldering and board-level testing, firmware/software updates, heavy lifting and confined space work.
Preferred skills
Direct aviation or aerospace maintenance experience, root-cause analysis of intermittent faults.
Technologies
Multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, diagnostic tooling, Jira.
Responsibilities
Install, configure, maintain, and repair aerial camera systems and related hardware/software in aircraft; Provide first-level technical support for aerial system issues in production; Perform mechanical and electrical testing of sensor equipment; Manage aerial system inventory and logistics; Onboard new pilots on aerial system use; Support the transition of new hardware from R&D into production.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC