We're building next-generation interceptor drones: fast, autonomous, and field-ready.
We make robust, field-capable platforms that integrate, adapt, and perform in real conditions.
What you’ll work on
• Design and iterate airframes, mounts, and mechanical interfaces in Fusion 360, from first sketch to a part that flies the same week
• Own the aerodynamic side of our interceptor and target drone platforms: wing and control surface sizing, mass and balance, drag estimates, and the trade-offs that follow when a payload or a sensor moves
• Produce flight hardware yourself. Most of what you design will be 3D printed, and you run that process: material choice, print settings, and the judgement of when a printed part is good enough to fly
• Build and maintain our flying test platforms and target drones: assembly, wiring, hardware integration, and the small mechanical fixes that keep a test day on schedule
• Plan and fly field test programmes: safety protocols, ground crew coordination, instrumentation, logging, and the post-flight read of what the airframe actually did versus what the model predicted
• Troubleshoot mechanical, control, and telemetry faults in the field, and feed what you find back to the hardware and software teams
• Work alongside the autonomy engineers when a design change affects sensors, payloads, or the flight controller
Role split
50% airframe design
40% field and flight operations
10% software integration support
What We’re Looking For
CORE SKILLS
A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or Product Engineering.
Hands-on CAD in Fusion 360: you can take a part from sketch to a manufacturable model without hand-holding.
Practical 3D printing experience: you have printed functional parts, and you know how print orientation, material and settings change what a part can survive.
A working grasp of aerodynamics and flight dynamics, and a strong habit of checking a design against them.
NICE TO HAVES
Hands-on experience with small UAV hardware: assembly, integration, or flight testing at any scale
You fly, or you have operated UAVs in a test setting and are comfortable being responsible for a flight
You solve problems on the field, with the tools and parts that are actually there
Clear written and spoken English; Dutch is a plus but not required
EU Drone Permit A1/A3 or higher. Not required; we will support you in getting it
Python, enough to script a log parser or glue a test together
Familiarity with ArduPilot, SITL, or a simulator such as Gazebo
Experience with composite layup or small-run machining
Prior exposure to defence, aerospace, or safety-critical systems
Why join us?
You get to build real hardware and run real flights. The parts you design leave the screen. You will be there when they fly, and when something breaks you will be the one who works out why.
Tons of ownership. You are not detailing someone else's airframe, you are designing the next one. Europe needs its own defence technology. Our mission is to build it, fast, in Amsterdam.
The application process
Three short rounds, including a practical assessment that respects your time. We move quickly, typically two to three weeks from application to offer.
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