Maintenance Engineer

Avilus • Full-time • 12h ago

Description

The Unmanned Aircraft Maintenance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and operational readiness of Avilus’ advanced unmanned aerial systems used in medical logistics, emergency response, and critical infrastructure missions. This role focuses on the inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of complex drone platforms, including heavy-lift and modular UAV systems designed for transporting medical equipment, rescue supplies, and other mission-critical payloads.

Working closely with Engineering, Flight Operations, and Testing teams, the Unmanned Aircraft Maintenance Engineer performs preventive and corrective maintenance on propulsion systems, avionics, batteries, communication systems, and structural components. The position also supports ground testing, flight readiness checks, and failure analysis to maintain the highest safety and performance standards. By ensuring that Avilus drone platforms remain mission-ready in demanding operational environments, the Unmanned Aircraft Maintenance Engineer plays a key role in enabling reliable aerial logistics and life-saving drone operations.

Tasks

Perform scheduled inspections and maintenance tasks according to the Maintenance Planning Document (MPD) and Maintenance Schedule (MS)
Perform correctivemaintenancefollowingincidents, failures, or abnormal systembehavior
Maintainairframestructures, propulsionsystems, landinggear and mechanicalassemblies
Record all maintenanceactivities in thetechnical log system
Completejobcards, maintenancerecords and release documentation
Ensurecompliancewith internal procedures and regulatoryframeworks
Participate in pre-flight and post-flight inspections

Qualifications

Degree: Completed technical apprenticeship in a technical trade (e.g., mechanics, mechatronics, electronics)
Experience: at least 3 yearsofexperience, aviationbackgroundpreferred
Method-Knowledge: Strong methodicalskills and theabilitytowork in a structured and process-orientedmanner
Tool-Knowledge (mandatory): Hands-on experience with workshop equipment and strong proficiency in using standard mechanical and electrical tools. Confident and safe handling of tools is required.
Requiredforemployment: Security clearance (Ü2-Sabotageschutz) approval (note: relationships in countries accordingto § 13 para. 1 no. 17 SÜG mayresult in a negative assessment)

Benefits