--- title: "Senior Flight Ops Technician · Kyiv · Shield AI" description: "Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site — The Senior Flight Ops Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role supporting the development, testing, and operation of…" canonical_url: "https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician" meta: "og:description": "Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site — The Senior Flight Ops Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role supporting the development, testing, and operation of…" "og:image": "https://www.dronejobs.app/_og/d/c_JobPosting%2Cslug_shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician%2Cp_Ii9qb2JzL3NoaWVsZC1haS1zZW5pb3ItZmxpZ2h0LW9wcy10ZWNobmljaWFuIg%2Cs_Y8Zu7s-Pp_DVUxuf.png" "og:image:height": "630" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Senior Flight Ops Technician · Kyiv · Shield AI" "twitter:image": "https://www.dronejobs.app/_og/d/c_JobPosting%2Cslug_shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician%2Cp_Ii9qb2JzL3NoaWVsZC1haS1zZW5pb3ItZmxpZ2h0LW9wcy10ZWNobmljaWFuIg%2Cs_Y8Zu7s-Pp_DVUxuf.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://www.dronejobs.app/llms.txt) [Back to jobs](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs) ![Logo of Shield AI](https://assets.jobbb.io/cdn-cgi/image/w=128,h=128,f=auto/logos/01k76tbyp7qdybepk8j6n0124p_1787846631_148.jpg) **Shield AI** **Actively hiring ** [Website](https://shield.ai) # **Senior Flight Ops Technician**
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Location Kyiv, Ukraine --- The Senior Flight Ops Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role supporting the development, testing, and operation of unmanned aircraft systems in Ukraine. The role bridges aircraft prototyping, hardware integration, HIL/ground testing, aircraft maintenance, and field flight operations, working closely with hardware, software, autonomy, and flight-test teams. The technician will build and modify prototype aircraft, integrate avionics and electrical systems, fabricate parts using 3D printing and other rapid-prototyping methods, and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, communications, and system-level issues. They will also build, maintain, and troubleshoot HIL rigs and related test infrastructure, help establish and maintain a local prototyping and flight-operations lab, and support aircraft readiness and field testing. This role is best suited for a versatile, self-sufficient senior technician who can move seamlessly between the lab, aircraft, HIL environment, and flight-test site—rapidly solving problems and helping engineering teams get systems ready for test and flight. Flight Ops Technician III. #### What You'll Do: - Build, modify, assemble, maintain, and repair prototype unmanned aircraft and related test systems. - Install and integrate avionics, sensors, compute hardware, radios, antennas, payloads, wiring, and other experimental hardware. - Fabricate prototype and replacement components using 3D printing, hand and power tools, and other rapid-prototyping methods. - Build, modify, and troubleshoot wiring harnesses, connectors, electrical assemblies, and aircraft electrical systems. - Build, wire, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot HIL rigs, test fixtures, and related engineering test infrastructure. - Integrate flight computers, avionics, sensors, actuators, communications equipment, and other aircraft hardware into HIL and bench-test environments. - Diagnose mechanical, electrical, avionics, communications, networking, and system-level issues across aircraft and test equipment. - Support SIL, HIL, VIL, bench, ground, and live-flight testing, including aircraft functional checks and troubleshooting. - Perform aircraft inspections, maintenance, repairs, configuration changes, and pre- and post-flight activities. - Help establish and maintain a local prototyping and flight-operations lab, including tools, test equipment, fabrication equipment, spares, batteries, and support equipment. - Support flight operations, including aircraft setup, launch and recovery, test-site setup and teardown, and preparation of equipment for field deployments. - Maintain aircraft, test-system, maintenance, configuration, inventory, and other technical documentation. - Work closely with hardware, software, autonomy, and flight-test engineers to rapidly diagnose problems, implement modifications, and improve test capabilities. - Transport personnel and equipment to test sites and travel within Ukraine to support testing, demonstrations, and operations. - Mentor less-experienced technicians and maintain high standards for workmanship, configuration control, organization, and safety. #### Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of hands-on experience in UAS, aviation, aerospace, robotics, electronics, manufacturing, test support, or a related technical field. - Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude with experience building, modifying, maintaining, or repairing complex electromechanical systems. - Experience integrating hardware into aircraft, robotics, prototypes, test systems, or comparable platforms. - Hands-on electrical experience, including wiring, connectors, soldering, crimping, cable fabrication, and electrical troubleshooting. - Experience building, maintaining, or troubleshooting HIL rigs, test stands, test fixtures, or similar hardware/software integration environments. - Ability to read and work from mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, and engineering documentation - Experience with rapid prototyping, fabrication, and iterative hardware development. - Ability to systematically troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, communications, and system-level problems. - Experience using common mechanical and electrical tools and test equipment. - Experience supporting engineering, ground, flight, or field testing. - Strong attention to detail, workmanship, safety, and configuration control. - Ability to work independently and solve technical problems in fast-moving workshop, laboratory, flight-line, and field environments. - Valid driver's license and ability to transport equipment and personnel to operational sites. - Ability to travel within Ukraine as required. #### Preferred Qualifications: - Experience maintaining or integrating fixed-wing and multirotor UAS. - Experience with autonomous or experimental aircraft and Group 1 or Group 2 UAS. - Experience building or maintaining HIL environments for aircraft, robotics, or autonomous systems. - Experience with 3D printing, CAD, and prototype part fabrication. - Experience integrating avionics, flight computers, sensors, actuators, radios, antennas, or payload systems. - Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, or similar flight-control systems. - Familiarity with Ground Control Stations, telemetry, RF systems, datalinks, and networking. - Familiarity with Linux, command-line tools, scripting, or basic software troubleshooting. - Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, or similar electrical test equipment. - Experience establishing or maintaining an engineering lab, prototype shop, HIL lab, or flight-operations facility. - Background in defense, aerospace, robotics, aircraft maintenance, manufacturing, or flight test. - Experience working in austere or rapidly changing field environments. - Ukrainian and English language proficiency. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/#website","@type":"WebSite","inLanguage":"en","name":"DroneJobs","url":"https://www.dronejobs.app","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Kyiv, Ukraine · On-site — The Senior Flight Ops Technician is a senior, hands-on technical role supporting the development, testing, and operation of…","name":"Senior Flight Ops Technician · Kyiv · Shield AI","url":"https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician#breadcrumb"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-senior-flight-ops-technician"]}]},{"@id":"https://www.dronejobs.app/#identity","@type":"Organization","description":"Connecting the world's best drone pilots with top-tier companies. 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