Jobs at DefTech companies

Level: Senior (individual contributor)· 

Focus: Full-stack hardware + flight stack integration (ArduPilot / Betaflight) 

Location: On-site (lab / hangar)

About the role

We're looking for an experienced hardware engineer to own end-to-end flight-control hardware integration across a diverse fleet of drones — from FPV quads to larger autonomous multirotor, fixed-wing, and VTOL platforms. You'll be the person who takes a new airframe from a pile of components to a tuned, flight-ready system: selecting and wiring the flight controller, flashing and configuring ArduPilot or Betaflight, integrating ESCs, sensors, radios, power, and payloads, and tuning it until it flies cleanly.

This is a hands-on, on-site role based in our lab/hangar, spanning the full range from quick R&D prototypes to repeatable production builds. You'll be the hardware integration expert for the team, working independently and setting the standard for how builds are configured, documented, and validated. Success looks like new platforms reaching reliable, flight-ready status quickly — and builds that stay consistent and reproducible from one unit to the next.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end hardware integration of flight-control systems across multiple platform types (multirotor, fixed-wing, VTOL, FPV).
• Select, flash, configure, and tune ArduPilot (Copter / Plane / Rover) and Betaflight; build and maintain custom firmware targets and board definitions where needed.
• Integrate and validate flight controllers, ESCs, and motors — including protocol setup (DShot / bidirectional DShot, PWM / OneShot), motor–prop matching, and thrust testing.
• Bring up and calibrate full sensor suites: IMUs, barometers, compasses/magnetometers, GPS/RTK, rangefinders, optical flow, and airspeed sensors.
• Integrate RC and telemetry links (ExpressLRS, TBS Crossfire, CRSF / SBUS, MAVLink, SiK radios) and FPV/video systems (analog and digital VTX, OSD, cameras, antennas).
• Spec, assemble, and wire power systems — distribution, regulation, current/voltage sensing, and battery selection — with clean, reliable harnesses.
• Integrate smart peripherals over CAN / DroneCAN and companion computers (Raspberry Pi / Jetson) over MAVLink.
• Diagnose vibration, noise, and EMI issues and implement fixes (soft-mounting, gyro/notch filtering, grounding, shielding).
• Run bench, ground, and flight tests; analyze logs (Mission Planner / MAVExplorer, Betaflight Blackbox) and iterate on PID and filter tuning.
• Root-cause failures and design for reliability — diagnose in-flight and bench anomalies, build in redundancy where it matters, and harden platforms to hold up in real-world field conditions.
• Take platforms from quick R&D prototypes through to repeatable, well-documented production builds — locking in configurations and processes that stay consistent across units.
• Document build configurations, wiring, and setup procedures, and support/upskill the team so they can operate and iterate independently.

• Work closely with the software, mechanical, and flight-test teams to integrate cleanly and resolve hardware–software issues together.

   

What we're looking for

• Hands-on experience integrating and configuring ArduPilot and/or Betaflight on real hardware.
• Strong working knowledge of drone subsystems: flight controllers, ESCs, motors, sensors, RC links, power, and FPV.
• Comfortable with soldering, wiring, and general benchtop debugging (multimeter, bench power supply).
• Solid grasp of the relevant protocols: DShot, CRSF / SBUS, MAVLink, I2C / SPI / UART, and ideally CAN / DroneCAN.
• Experience tuning multirotor and/or fixed-wing platforms and reading flight logs to track down problems.
• Able to work independently and own a hardware domain from first component to flight-ready system.
• Comfortable switching between fast prototype iteration and the repeatability that production builds demand.
• Typically 4+ years in drone/UAV hardware, robotics, or embedded systems.

• Degree in electrical, aerospace, mechatronics, or robotics engineering — or equivalent hands-on experience.

   

Nice to have

• Writing custom ArduPilot board definitions (hwdef) or Betaflight targets, and compiling firmware from source.
• Familiarity with PCB design (KiCad / Altium) is a welcome bonus — but we treat full board design as a separate specialty, so it's not expected for this role.
• RTK GPS and precision navigation, lidar, or computer-vision payload integration.
• Breadth across airframe types — VTOL, large industrial, or agricultural platforms.
• Familiarity with the drone and aviation regulations that apply in the role's region.
• Comfortable with 3D printing and rapid prototyping for custom mounts, frames, and fixtures.

Tools & technologies you'll work with

• Firmware / stacks: ArduPilot, Betaflight
• Flight controllers: Pixhawk / Cube, Holybro, Matek, SpeedyBee, Kakute (STM32 F4 / F7 / H7)
• Ground stations: Mission Planner, QGroundControl, Betaflight Configurator
• Protocols: MAVLink, DShot, CRSF, SBUS, DroneCAN / CAN, I2C / SPI / UART
• RC / telemetry: ExpressLRS, TBS Crossfire, SiK radios
• ESC firmware: common ESC firmware and configuration tools
• Bench: Soldering station, multimeter, bench power supply

What we offer

• Competitive salary, set to experience
• A fully equipped lab and a budget for the gear, tools, and parts you need
• Health coverage, paid time off, and the standard benefits
• Room to grow your skills and shape how the team builds

Full compensation details are shared early in the process.

About us

We design and build drones across a range of platforms and applications, and we care about getting the hardware right. You'd be joining a hands-on team that puts real aircraft in the air and values engineers who can own their work from the bench to the flight line.

How to apply

To apply, send your resume along with anything that shows your work — builds you've integrated, logs or tuning you're proud of, repos, or flight videos. We'd love to see what you've put in the air.

Overview

We are looking for an experienced UAV Pilot-Technician (multirotor) to join the flight team responsible for testing our flagship R&D product — a GPS-denied alternative navigation system. The candidate must confidently operate drones, be technically literate, have a deep understanding of UAV core components, and hands-on experience with Ardupilot-based systems.

The role combines hands-on piloting of multirotor UAVs with testing and technical support of all flight-related aspects.

Responsibilities

• Pilot multirotor UAVs & fixed-wings in field-testing scenarios
• Perform pre-flight checks and UAV setup
• Maintain airframes and supporting equipment
• Support flight planning and adherence to safety procedures
• Troubleshoot and repair UAV hardware issues
• Record and report flight data as needed
• Collaborate with engineers during testing and development of new platforms

Requirements

Must-have

• Real flight time on multirotor UAVs
• Solid understanding of how core UAV components work
• Advanced-user level of Ardupilot
• Experience with mission-planning software (Mission Planner)
• Ability to safely operate a drone in field conditions
• Diagnostic and repair skills for UAVs and supporting equipment

Nice to have

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education
• Experience with fixed-wing UAVs
• Combat experience
• English at B1 level or higher

Personal qualities

• Responsibility
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills and ability to work in a team
• Initiative

We offer

• Competitive salary
• Reservation from mobilization
• On-site work with access to hardware and lab facilities
• Office in Kyiv with shelter access, generator and Starlink
• Impact on improving our country's defense capabilities
• 21 days of vacation + public holidays, sick leaves

About us

DroneOps is a company creating innovative UAV-related products, focused on UAV autonomy and navigation, founded in 2023. We are a team of innovators and inventors who take on the duty to help the armed forces of Ukraine defend our country and democracy by providing reliable advanced systems that simplify their work, improve personnel safety, and enable more cost-effective and precise UAV mission execution.

Overview

We are looking for a Middle / Senior Computer Vision / Deep Learning Engineer to extend our onboard navigation capabilities with modern perception and learning-based methods.

This is a hands-on R&D role: you work from research and prototypes to production on edge hardware, collaborate with software, and flight teams, and help shape how new CV/DL features are built and shipped. The role suits someone who can follow state-of-the-art work, implement what fits our constraints, and care about real-world performance—not only offline benchmarks.

Responsibilities

Relocalization & navigation

• Design and develop satellite, map, and semantic navigation capabilities that improve the overall quality of our navigation
• Build and maintain pipelines for map and reference-data preparation before missions
• Extend the existing visual-inertial navigation stack with relocalization and map-based aiding features
• Develop training pipelines for these tasks (data preparation, training, evaluation, and iteration)
• Create utilities that make map preloading and mission setup convenient for operators and integrators
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Research & implementation

• Track relevant research and industry approaches; prototype and adopt methods where they clearly improve the product
• Reimplement or adapt algorithms when off-the-shelf solutions do not fit our data, hardware, or latency requirements
• Define evaluation metrics and acceptance criteria for new features before field and deployment rollouts
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Edge deployment & production

• Optimize models and inference for target onboard hardware
• Integrate new features into the production codebase with stable APIs, logging, and failure handling
• Take part in architecture decisions, code review, and team practices that keep production quality high as the stack grows
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Required skills & experience

• 3+ years of practical experience in computer vision and deep learning
• Strong Python; ability to write clear, maintainable code for experiments and production paths
• Experience with training and deploying deep learning models (PyTorch)
• Familiarity with model optimization for edge or embedded devices (pruning, quantization, ONNX/TensorRT-class tooling, or equivalent)
• Comfort working with geospatial or map-related data and preprocessing pipelines
• Practical production mindset: reproducible experiments, versioning, and validation on real data
• English B2+ for documentation and technical discussion; Ukrainian for day-to-day team communication
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Nice to have

• Experience with deep learning keypoint detection and matching approaches
• Comfortable with geometric computer vision (camera models, epipolar geometry, robust estimation)
• Multi-sensor fusion / SLAM / EKF background
• UAV, robotics, or aerospace field experience
• Experience with satellite or aerial imagery, semantic segmentation, or visual place recognition
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What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Reservation from mobilization
• Impact on improving our country's defense capabilities
• 21 days of vacation + public holidays, sick leaves

About us

DroneOps is a company creating innovative UAV-related products, focused on UAV autonomy and navigation, founded in 2023. We are a team of innovators and inventors who take on the duty to help the armed forces of Ukraine defend our country and democracy by providing reliable advanced systems that simplify their work, improve personnel safety, and enable more cost-effective and precise UAV mission execution.

Overview

We are looking for a Junior / Middle Software Engineer to strengthen our product software team.

This is a hands-on role on onboard navigation product software: you support and extend the system, build and improve tooling, and help keep releases reliable through simulation, replay, and hardware-in-the-loop validation.

The role suits someone who likes understanding how complex software behaves end to end, writes clear code and tests, and wants to work on real UAV systems with experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

System development

• Implement and maintain parts of the onboard product software and supporting services
• Develop internal tools, automation, and utilities used across development and release workflows
• Integrate new features into the production codebase with stable behavior, logging, and configuration

Product software support & verification

• Support, test, and debug components of the onboard navigation product software
• Verify algorithm and integration changes before release: unit tests, simulation scenarios, replay workflows, and hardware-in-the-loop checks
• Investigate failures from CI, field logs, and developer reports; reproduce issues and help resolving them
• Extend test coverage and internal utilities where routine checks can be automated

Engineering quality & delivery

• Improve and maintain CI/CD for the product codebase (builds, Docker images, automated test pipelines, release checks)
• Optimize hot paths and tooling where profiling shows clear wins
• Follow team code standards, participate in code review, and help keep the codebase maintainable

Simulation & replay tooling

• Run and maintain simulation and replay-based validation (software-in-the-loop, logged flight replay, autopilot estimator replay)
• Help expand test scenarios and regression checks as the product and integration surface grow
• Work with flight and navigation teams to turn real incidents into repeatable test cases
   

Required skills & experience

• 1+ years of professional software development experience, or strong equivalent from internships, pet projects, or open source with evidence of shipped work
• Solid Python: reading & extending existing codebases, writing tests, debugging
• Experience with multi-threading, multi-processing, or async applications
• Comfort with Linux as a daily development environment
• Experience with Git and collaborative workflows
• Basic understanding of automated testing (pytest or similar) and why regressions matter in production systems
• Ability to read logs, configs, and stack traces and communicate findings clearly to the team
• Docker for local and CI environments
• GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD
• English B2+ for documentation and technical discussion; Ukrainian for day-to-day team communication

Nice to have

• YAML-driven configuration (e.g. Hydra-style setups)
• MAVLink, drone autopilots, or robotics middleware
• Simulation experience (SITL, game-engine or physics simulators, recorded-data replay)
• HDF5 or other structured telemetry / time-series data
• C++ or willingness to work alongside C++ components when replay or autopilot tooling requires it
• Interest in embedded or resource-constrained targets

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Reservation from mobilization
• Impact on improving our country's defense capabilities
• 21 days of vacation + public holidays, sick leaves

We are looking for an Embedded Linux Engineer to design, develop, and maintain customized Embedded Linux distributions using the Yocto Project. You will work closely with hardware, firmware, and application teams to deliver stable, secure, and production-ready Linux images for embedded devices.
 

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Yocto-based Linux distributions
• Create and maintain BSP layers, recipes, and image configurations
• Integrate and customize bootloaders and Linux kernel
• Optimize build times, image size, and system performance
• Debug build and runtime issues (BitBake, kernel, userspace)
• Integrate device drivers, middleware, and third-party packages
• Ensure compliance with licensing (GPL, LGPL, OSS)
• Support CI/CD pipelines for automated builds
• Collaborate with hardware, QA, and software teams
• Maintain technical documentation
   

Requirements

• Solid knowledge of Embedded Linux architecture
• Proficiency in build automation tools: Autotools, Make, CMake, Ninja, Meson
• Proficiency in scripting: Bash, Python
• Advanced knowledge of C & C++
• Hands-on experience with Linux kernel configuration and debugging
• Familiarity with cross-compilation toolchains
• Experience working with ARM-based platforms
• Knowledge of Git and collaborative development workflows
• Ability to debug low-level system issues
• Willingness to learn and work with the Yocto Project / OpenEmbedded
   

Nice to Have

• Strong experience with Yocto Project / OpenEmbedded
• Experience with BSP bring-up on new hardware
• Experience with Buildroot or other embedded build systems
• Familiarity with secure boot, OTA updates, or SWUpdate / RAUC / Mender
• Understanding of real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)
• Experience with CI systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
   

Will be a Plus

• Open-source contribution
• Kernel drivers development
• System and kernel profiling
   

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics, or a related field
• Or equivalent practical experience
   

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge embedded products
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible working model (remote / hybrid / onsite)
• Professional growth and learning opportunities
• Collaborative and engineering-focused culture

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our experienced team and help build innovative solutions new to Ukraine and to the world. This is a rare opportunity to become part of an exceptionally skilled, cross-functional team capable of developing advanced system-level solutions from the ground up.

You’ll be working in a creative, fast-paced environment alongside a great team of talented professionals who share a unique blend of expertise and passion for innovation. We value great ideas, rapid iteration, and open collaboration — and we’re driven by the impact our solutions can make.

If you’re excited about solving complex challenges and contributing to groundbreaking projects, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Develop products using C++, Rust, Kotlin, Python, and JavaScript. Experience with all languages is not required, but we encourage learning those that are missing
• Designing and implementing creative new algorithms and technologies for high-performance, highly scalable, and highly reliable systems
• Collaborate closely with a team of highly skilled and motivated engineers, contributing to a culture of mutual inspiration and excellence.
• Continuously grow your knowledge, whether you’re already experienced or just starting out in system-level software development.

Requirements:

• Experience working with non-web stack programming languages (C++, Rust, etc).
• Solid understanding of Linux environment, including Kernel or Shell-level operations
• Experience on GitHub.
• Proven design sensibility and willingness to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• English at Intermediate level or higher — both spoken and written.

The company offers:

• Official employment with a competitive salary and clear, transparent terms of cooperation.
• Paid vacation (24 calendar days per year) and paid sick leave.
• Support for your professional growth — the company is actively expanding, and you’ll have the opportunity to grow together with it.
• An atmosphere of trust, open communication, and leadership—initiative is welcomed, ideas are brought to life, and the team supports your progress.

This position offers a unique opportunity to create products at the intersection of cutting-edge innovation and real client needs, helping to shape trends in a new technological industry in Ukraine.

Шукаємо Senior / Lead Software Engineer (Data), який допоможе будувати й масштабувати production-grade data systems: пайплайни, сервіси та storage-рішення для збору, обробки, зберігання й доставки даних. Це роль для інженера з сильним software engineering mindset, який вміє працювати не лише на рівні реалізації, а й на рівні архітектури, data modeling, reliability, performance та technical leadership. Очікуємо, що людина зможе брати end-to-end ownership за критичні data workflows і впливати на стандарти команди.
 

Обовʼязки:

• Проєктувати, розробляти та підтримувати batch/streaming data pipelines і data services.
• Приймати технічні рішення щодо ingestion, orchestration, storage, трансформацій і delivery.
• Будувати ETL/ELT-рішення з використанням Python, Airflow, Cron.
• Інтегрувати дані з API, логів, NoSQL, IoT/embedded-джерел та внутрішніх сервісів.
• Проєктувати схеми зберігання, моделі даних і структури баз даних.
• Оптимізувати рішення з погляду performance, scalability, cost та maintainability.
• Забезпечувати data quality, observability, reliability і стабільність production-процесів.
• Планувати та реалізовувати міграції даних між платформами й форматами.
• Документувати схеми, трансформації, data lineage та ключові технічні рішення.
• Брати участь у code review, design discussions, incident resolution.
• Менторити інших інженерів і розвивати engineering standards у data-напрямку.
   

Вимоги:

• Значний досвід як Senior / Lead Software Engineer, Data Engineer або Backend Engineer у data-intensive середовищі.
• Сильний Python і досвід побудови production-ready рішень.
• Досвід роботи з Apache Airflow.
• Досвід роботи з MongoDB або іншими NoSQL-рішеннями.
• Сильне розуміння проєктування баз даних і data models: schema design, indexing, normalization/denormalization.
• Досвід роботи з великими обсягами даних, high-throughput або streaming workloads.
• Досвід із Azure Blob Storage або аналогічними object storage.
• Впевнене знання SQL та оптимізації запитів.
• Глибоке розуміння ETL/ELT, incremental processing, datalake/warehouse principles.
• Розуміння testing, observability, fault tolerance, idempotency, recovery для data systems.
• Досвід із Git, CI/CD, production deployment.
• Досвід технічного лідерства, mentoring, design review і роботи зі стейкхолдерами.
   

Буде плюсом:

• Snowflake, Elasticsearch
• Kafka або інші streaming-платформи
• Grafana / Prometheus
• Ansible або інші IaC / automation tools
• Power BI
• Досвід із cloud DWH, governance, lineage, internal data tools
  
  Надаємо бронювання*

We are looking for a proactive and motivated Business Analyst who will work in a fast-paced environment of a growing DefTech company. 

Responsibilities:  

- Run discovery sessions with internal and external stakeholders. 

- Run build-vs-buy assessments for new systems or capabilities. 

- Model current and target business process states and identify opportunities for improvement before any system change is proposed. 

- Define scope for each initiative — what's in, what's out, what's nice-to-have. 

- Write functional specifications precise enough for developers to build from. 

- Maintain a working glossary and decision log for each initiative. 

- Facilitate stakeholder demos and reviews; turn feedback into actionable change requests. 

- Keep documentation in Azure DevOps up to date.  

Requirements:  

- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst (or equivalent) on business systems or internal product initiatives. 

- Strong requirements-elicitation skills - running interviews and workshops, asking questions that uncover what stakeholders actually need rather than what they first ask for. 

- Strong stakeholder facilitation - comfortable leading workshops with mixed audiences (executives, operations, engineers). 

- Proficiency in business process modeling. 

- Hands-on experience with scope modeling techniques — context diagrams, functional decomposition. 

- Ability to write clear functional specifications. 

- Experience working in Azure DevOps, Jira, or an equivalent issue tracker — backlog management, work item linking, traceability. 

- Structured, system-level thinking. 

- Self-management and initiative — comfortable owning an initiative end-to-end without close supervision. 

Nice to have: 

- Experience with the Microsoft business stack: Dynamics 365, Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps), Microsoft 365, Power BI. 

- Practical experience using Claude, Claude Code, or similar AI agents to accelerate analysis, documentation, and exploration work. 

- Background in Defense / MilTech or in manufacturing- and operations-heavy environments. 

We offer: 

- Official employment in accordance with Ukrainian labor law. 

- Military service deferment.  

- Modern working equipment. 

- Regular performance reviews to support your professional growth. 

- 24 working days of paid vacation annually. 

- Paid sick-leaves. 

- English language classes. 

- Compensation for educational and training programs. 

- Team buildings and corporate events in a friendly and collaborative environment. 

We are looking for a Chief Turret Systems Design Engineer to lead the development of high-precision melee engagement systems. Your key task will be to create a compact turret with automatic guidance, capable of effectively hitting fast and small targets at a short distance.

It is a complex, technologically rich and engineering-demanding product, where each constructive solution affects not only tactical efficiency, but also calculation safety and stability of system operation in conditions of field application. The turret should have two formats of use:

— fixed installation;

— integration on moving platforms.

We move from the stage of experimental concepts to the creation of an engineering-mature system, so the quality of design, the durability of mechanics, the accuracy of guidance algorithms and the reliability of all — nodes are critical.

You will be responsible for the full engineering cycle: from the formation of the product architecture and the selection of technological solutions to the synchronization of the work of mechanics, electronics, software developers and production. Your work will be closely integrated with the hardware, embedded, computer vision and testing teams.
 

Desired competencies:

Understanding engineering and design principles.
Professional CAD ownership: SolidWorks, AutoCAD and other CAD systems.
Normative literacy: knowledge of ESCD for drawing up and checking working drawings, specifications and documentation.
Knowledge of the component base: optimal selection of elements, rolled metal and materials for specific structures.

We offer:

Career development: vertical and horizontal growth, specialized courses, trainings, technical exchange and participation in strategic projects.
Security and stability: booking conscripted employees from the first month.
Salary in euro.
Official employment and social guarantees: leave, sick leave, full social package.
Legal support: consultations and support on military accounting issues.
Adaptation: high-quality onboarding with mentoring support and step-by-step involvement in project activities.
Comfortable conditions: corporate meals, recreation areas, friendly atmosphere and equipped shelter on the territory of the office.
Convenient location: 10 minutes on foot from the metro.
 

The company will provide everything necessary to fulfill the assigned tasks. If you have acquaintances who can be useful in such a project, then send their recommendations, if they pass the selection stages - you will receive a financial reward.

Our partner is build military technologies that shape outcomes on the battlefield.

As company grows, the number of products, launches, campaigns, research projects, events, presentations, and creative initiatives continues to increase. To move fast without creating chaos, we need someone who can bring structure, visibility, and accountability to how marketing operates.

Looking for a Marketing Project / Event Manager who will become the operational engine of the Сreative Marketing team.

This role is responsible for turning priorities into execution. You will coordinate work across Product Marketing, Brand, Creative, Sales, Product, and other teams, ensuring the right projects happen at the right time, with the right people involved.

This is not a passive coordination role. We are looking for someone who actively drives progress, removes blockers, follows through relentlessly, and helps the team deliver at a consistently high level.

Your Focus

• Drive execution across all major marketing initiatives
• Ensure projects move from idea to delivery with clear ownership and accountability
• Build scalable planning, prioritization, and workflow processes
• Create visibility around priorities, timelines, dependencies, and risks

• Help the Сreative Marketing team operate with speed, focus, and discipline

   

Your Day-to-Day

• Own the marketing project portfolio and execution pipeline
• Manage incoming requests and ensure proper prioritization based on business impact
• Translate business needs into clear project plans, timelines, deliverables, and ownership
• Coordinate work across Product Marketing, Design, Copywriting, Video Production, Sales, Product, and other stakeholders
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies before they become problems
• Track progress and ensure commitments are delivered on time
• Maintain clear documentation and visibility across all active initiatives

• Continuously improve how the Сreative Marketing team plans and executes work

   

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of project management experience in marketing, creative, product, or agency environments
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across different functions and seniority levels
• Ability to challenge priorities, push for clarity, and drive decisions when needed
• High ownership and bias toward action
• Strong attention to detail without losing sight of the bigger picture

We offer

• Professional growth, challenging and diverse tasks, and the opportunity to gradually expand your scope of responsibility
• The opportunity to work in an innovative technology company that develops solutions for the security and defense of Ukraine
• Competitive compensation package
• Official employment
• Modern office, a professional team, and support during onboarding

You’ll Thrive Here If

• You enjoy turning ambiguity into structure
• You naturally create order, clarity, and accountability
• You are comfortable working with strong personalities and multiple stakeholders
• You proactively solve problems rather than escalate them
• You care about execution quality as much as strategy

We are looking for a GNC Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of guidance, navigation, and control software for autonomous robotic systems.

In this role, you will work on the core flight software responsible for vehicle guidance, navigation, and control, with a primary focus on unmanned aerial systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to develop new capabilities, integrate software with new hardware platforms, improve system performance, and investigate real-world operational issues.

This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical autonomous systems, solving complex engineering challenges at the intersection of robotics, embedded software, and flight control.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) software for autonomous systems
• Develop new features and improve existing functionality within the PX4 Autopilot ecosystem
• Design and implement reliable, high-quality onboard software in C++
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate software with new platforms
• Analyze UAV flight logs to identify anomalies, evaluate vehicle behavior, troubleshoot system issues, and determine root causes
• Tune UAV Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) parameters to achieve the desired flight characteristics
• Develop automated tests to ensure software reliability and performance
• Support system integration, validation, and field testing activities when required 
• Contribute to software architecture, code reviews, and continuous improvement of development practices

 Requirements:

• Strong understanding of flight dynamics, control systems, and aerodynamics
• Solid experience with C/C++, preferably in Linux-based embedded environments
• Experience with PX4 Autopilot or a comparable autopilot platform
• Experience developing robotic applications using ROS/ROS2
• Understanding of state estimation techniques, including Kalman filtering
• Experience analyzing flight data and troubleshooting autonomous systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within distributed engineering teams
• Strong English communication skills (Upper-Intermediate/B2 or higher)

Will be a plus:

• Experience with Python
• Hands-on drone experience, including piloting
• Experience with hardware integration and field testing

We Offer:

• Official employment under Ukrainian labor law
• Military booking
• Medical insurance
• Individual English lessons
• Stock Options
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge UAV systems and grow professionally

Complete interview process:

• Intro call with recruiter → HR interview → Technical interview → Final interview with the team's leadership → Pre-offer → Security check

This job description was written with AI.

Not because AI can replace a great copywriter, but because we don’t have one yet.

And no, you won’t spend your time writing job descriptions. We’ll leave those to AI. You will work on communication that requires deep product understanding, strong editorial judgment, and the ability to turn complex military technology into stories people understand, trust, and remember.

Our partner is building category-defining military technologies that are shaping outcomes on the battlefield. The opportunity is to define how complex military systems are understood by global partners, governments, procurement teams, and military users.

Looking for a Senior Copywriter who can turn complex technology into clear, credible, and compelling communication. Someone who can quickly understand the product, find the strongest story, challenge weak messaging, and raise the quality of every piece of written communication.

This is not a role focused on producing a constant stream of social media captions. You will work on the core narratives and communication assets that help our products earn trust, stand out, and drive adoption.

Your Role

You will own the quality, clarity, and consistency of written communication across our products and brand. Working closely with Product Marketing, Product, Design, Sales, and Leadership, you will turn product positioning and technical inputs into persuasive customer-facing narratives and content.

Your focus:

• Translate complex engineering capabilities into clear, differentiated, and benefit-driven messaging
• Turn product positioning into strong narratives, message hierarchies, and communication assets
• Ensure a consistent, authoritative, and distinctive tone of voice across all touchpoints
• Adapt messaging for different audiences, from defense procurement officers and international partners to frontline operators
• Build trust and credibility through precise, evidence-based storytelling
• Challenge unclear thinking, weak arguments, and generic language

• Raise the standard of writing across marketing, sales, product, and corporate communications

   

Your Day-to-Day:

• Write and edit copy for pitch decks, websites, product catalogs, one-pagers, case studies,
• product launches, presentations, and video scripts
• Transform technical documentation, engineering briefs, research, and product updates into
• clear customer-facing content
• Develop narratives and messaging together with Product Marketing and relevant product teams
• Interview engineers, product managers, sales teams, and users to understand the product and
• uncover the strongest story
• Review and improve copy across marketing, sales, and corporate communication materials
• Support product launches with clear, differentiated, and audience-specific content
• Refine existing materials based on feedback, market developments, customer insights, and evolving product capabilities
• Create reusable messaging frameworks and writing guidelines that help teams communicate consistently

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of copywriting experience, including significant experience with complex B2B, technology, or high-stakes products
• A strong portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, excellent writing, and the ability to simplify complex subjects without losing meaning
• Exceptional command of English, with a clear, precise, and persuasive writing style
• Strong editorial judgment and the confidence to challenge weak briefs, unclear ideas, and unsupported claims
• Ability to quickly understand technical concepts and translate them into relevant customer value
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including Product, Marketing, Sales, Design, and Leadership
• High ownership and the ability to operate effectively in fast-changing, high-ambiguity environments
• Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, hardware, or other highly technical industries is a significant advantage

We offer:

• Professional growth, challenging and diverse tasks, and the opportunity to gradually expand your scope of responsibility;
• The opportunity to work in an innovative technology company that develops solutions for the security and defense of Ukraine;
• Competitive compensation package;
• Official employment;
• Modern office, a professional team, and support during onboarding.

You will not succeed in this role if you rely on fully formed briefs or wait for others to find the story for you.

You need to be ready to dig into the product, ask difficult questions, structure incomplete information, and turn complexity into communication that is clear, credible, and memorable.

Дніпро

Help build one of Europe’s next generation defence technology brands.

Strix Air is developing scalable counter-UAS and autonomous drone systems for modern warfare.

Our technologies are already used in combat. We are expanding internationally, launching new products and working with defence companies, governments and partners across Europe.

Now we are looking for the person who will build the public voice of Strix Air.

This is not a traditional marketing role.

We are not looking for someone to optimize advertising campaigns, manage SEO or improve conversion rates.

We are looking for someone who can turn complex engineering into stories people remember.

Someone who knows how to work with journalists, create world-class communication materials, coordinate outstanding videos, and help build a defence technology brand that people recognize and trust.

If you enjoy creating content, working with media and making complicated technologies understandable, we’d love to talk.

What you will do

• define the communication strategy of Strix Air;
• build relationships with Ukrainian and international media;
• write articles, press releases, thought leadership pieces and product stories;
• coordinate interviews, media opportunities and public communications;
• oversee the production of videos, photography and visual content;
• create brochures, product presentations and exhibition materials;
• prepare communication materials for international defence exhibitions and conferences;
• work directly with engineers and product teams to transform technical knowledge into compelling stories;
• coordinate designers, copywriters, photographers and production partners;
• ensure a consistent and premium communication style across every public touchpoint.

What we’re looking for

You probably have experience in PR, journalism, communications or editorial work.

More importantly, you know how to tell stories that people want to read.

You understand how media works.

You can write.

You know what makes a strong article, presentation or product brochure.

You enjoy building things from scratch rather than maintaining existing processes.

Nice to have

• experience in defence, aerospace or deep-tech;
• international media network;
• experience working with video production;
• experience preparing companies for international exhibitions;
• portfolio of articles, campaigns or communication projects.

What we offer

• office in Dnipro or fully remote work;
• military reservation (bronювання) for eligible employees;
• an opportunity to shape the international reputation of one of Ukraine’s most ambitious defence technology companies;
• direct access to founders and engineering teams;
• freedom to build the communication function almost from scratch;
• competitive compensation based on your experience.

About Strix Air

Strix Air develops scalable counter-UAS and autonomous drone systems for modern warfare.

We believe the future belongs not only to better drones, but to better systems.

Our partner is building defence tech products that are changing outcomes on the battlefield. We are looking for a PR & Product Communications Manager who will be responsible for how our products are perceived in the Ukrainian market. 

You will turn product positioning into a coherent communications strategy and bring it to life through media, opinion leaders, professional communities, partner channels, and owned channels.

Your responsibilities 

• Develop and execute product communications strategies, translating product positioning into clear narratives, messages, and communications campaigns. 
• Ensure the product story remains consistent and coherent across all external channels. 
• Create tailored communications approaches for different personas and segments using persona-based and account-based communications. 
• Build and develop relationships with opinion leaders, military experts, professional communities, media outlets, editors, podcasts, and industry platforms. 
• Identify strong product news angles and turn product advantages into stories that are clear and relevant to the market. 
• Plan and execute communications campaigns for new product launches. 
• Create and edit PR materials, product stories, case studies, talking points, opinion pieces, comments, and other communications content. 

What we expect from you 

• At least 3 years of experience in PR, product communications, or strategic communications within a product-led technology or B2B company. 
• Experience developing and executing integrated communications strategies, from defining audiences and key messages to launching campaigns and evaluating results. 
• Ability to work with product positioning and translate it into strong, consistent external communications. 
• Understanding of audience segmentation, persona-based communications, and different decision-making models. 
• Hands-on experience working with opinion leaders, professional communities, and media. 
• Strong writing, editing, and structuring skills across different communications formats. 
• Ability to understand complex technology products in depth and explain their value in clear, accessible language. 
• Business-oriented thinking and an understanding of how communications influence awareness, trust, consideration, and product perception. 
• A high level of autonomy, proactivity, and ownership of results. 
• Ability to work effectively with marketing, product, sales, and other cross-functional teams. 

We offer:

• Professional growth, challenging and diverse tasks, and the opportunity to gradually expand your scope of responsibility;
• The opportunity to work in an innovative technology company that develops solutions for the security and defense of Ukraine;
• Competitive compensation package;
• Official employment;

• Modern office, a professional team, and support during onboarding. 

   

This role is not for you if 

Your primary approach to PR is pitching the press, securing individual media placements, and measuring success by the number of publications. 

About the role

We're looking for a middle software engineer to join a small team building a product management ecosystem in the defense sector. You'll work on internal tooling, deployment workflows, and backend services, with room to grow into ownership of your own areas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain internal deployment and product management tooling
• Build backend services and APIs in Python
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Work with Docker-based build and deployment workflows
• Participate in code reviews and help maintain technical quality
• Write technical documentation for the features you build

Requirements

• 2+ years of commercial Python experience: async, threads, concurrent programming
• Experience with Python web frameworks (FastAPI preferred)
• Solid understanding of Docker and containerization
• Linux: systemd, journald, containers, confident CLI usage
• Networking fundamentals: HTTP(S), SSH, WebSocket
• Understanding of client-server architecture and API design
• Databases and ACID fundamentals
• English for technical communication (reading docs, written async communication)

Nice to have

• Cloud or on-premise infrastructure experience
• Bare-metal / Raspberry Pi / embedded Linux (firmware flashing, secure boot)
• Information security fundamentals
• Python deployment optimization
• Experience with ArduPilot or other autopilot stacks

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Reservation from mobilization
• Office in Kyiv with shelter access, generator and Starlink
• Possibility of hybrid work format
• Impact on improving our country's defense capabilities
• 21 days of vacation + public holidays, sick leaves