Join our team and help shape the future of drone technology!

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Angel is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the development, production, reliability, and continuous improvement of our products.

This person will lead a multidisciplinary hardware and software team responsible for building high-quality, mission-ready systems while improving them rapidly enough to maintain a technical lead in an aggressive industry. Quality and speed are not opposing goals. We need a leader who can establish the technical discipline required to achieve both.

Experience developing equipment that simply shuts down safely when something goes wrong is not sufficient. We need someone who understands systems where hardware or software failures can affect human safety, critical missions, infrastructure, or expensive equipment.

The ideal candidate has developed integrated hardware and software products in a startup or similarly fast-moving environment where failures have serious real-world consequences. Relevant backgrounds may include SpaceX, Tesla, Waymo, or comparable aerospace, autonomous-vehicle, defense, or robotics companies.

What You'll Do

• Build and lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization.
• Lead engineering across the aircraft, avionics, full software stack, communications, ground controllers, chargers, manufacturing, test, quality, and reliability.
• Own major technical decisions, product failures, and design tradeoffs.
• Improve product quality, reliability, performance, manufacturability, cost, and ease of use.
• Extend Angel’s technical advantages in flight endurance, payload capability, aircraft performance, reliability, and ease of use.
• Establish clear technical ownership, requirements, priorities, schedules, and accountability.
• Build disciplined processes for design reviews, validation, configuration control, engineering changes, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Ensure hardware, software, manufacturing, and quality operate as one integrated organization rather than separate silos.
• Convert field failures, customer feedback, test results, and competitive developments into prioritized product improvements.
• Move improvements from prototype through validation and into repeatable production at exceptional speed without sacrificing quality.

What We're Looking For

• At least 10 years of experience developing industry-leading products that combine hardware and software, with substantial engineering leadership responsibility.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a startup.
• A record of shipping physical products where failures have significant safety, operational, financial, or mission consequences.
• Experience taking products from development through testing, production, deployment, and continued field improvement.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering, reliability, validation, configuration management, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, electrical, software, embedded systems, controls, manufacturing, quality, and test.
• Demonstrated ability to improve products quickly without sacrificing quality or production stability.
• Strong technical judgment and a willingness to work directly with the product, engineers, manufacturing team, and customers.
• Bachelors & Masters degree in engineering. PhD is preferred.

Role Description

We are seeking an RF & Wireless Systems Engineer to own the design, integration, testing, and certification of wireless communication systems across our UAV platforms. This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about RF and enjoys moving between system-level design, hands-on laboratory work, and real-world flight testing.

 This is a full-time, on-site role located in Cincinnati, OH.
 

What You’ll Do

• Own wireless communication systems across our UAV platforms, including command-and-control, telemetry, video, and payload-data links
• Design RF architectures, develop link budgets, and select radios, antennas, and supporting RF hardware
• Integrate, test, and troubleshoot communication systems in laboratory and flight-test environments
• Conduct antenna characterization, range testing,  interference analysis, and system-performance validation
• Support FCC certification activities and regulatory compliance
• Investigate EMI/EMC issues and RF coexistence challenges
• Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, embedded software, autonomy, and systems engineers
• Evaluate emerging communication technologies and work directly with radio and antenna vendors
• Document technical decisions, designs, test results, and system performance

What We’re Looking For

• A genuine passion for RF, wireless communications, and solving difficult technical problems
• Strong understanding of RF and microwave engineering fundamentals
• Knowledge of RF propagation, impedance matching, antenna principles, and wireless communication systems
• Hands-on familiarity with RF measurement techniques and laboratory test equipment
• Ability to make practical engineering tradeoffs involving size, weight, power, cost, performance, and schedule
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills
• Comfort working across multiple engineering disciplines
• Ability to learn quickly, take ownership, and work independently in a fast-paced, small-team environment

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering,  telecommunications engineering, physics, or a related discipline
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, antennas, propagation, modulation, wireless communications, and electromagnetic principles
• Experience designing and debugging electronic hardware, including schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up using tools such as Altium Designer
• Experience using spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, and related laboratory equipment
• Understanding of communication-system architecture, RF integration, link-budget analysis, and wireless-network design
• Familiarity with UART, CAN, RS-232, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, routing, and data-transport architectures
• Knowledge of digital communication systems, including telemetry, video transmission, modulation techniques, throughput optimization, latency, and link reliability

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant discipline
• Experience with UAVs, aerospace, robotics, or autonomous systems
• Experience with PX4, MAVLink, Linux, embedded systems, or ground-control software
• Experience integrating RF links for telemetry, command-and-control, video, payload data, or mesh-networking applications
• Familiarity with FCC certification, FAA Remote ID, EMI/EMC testing, and regulatory compliance
• Experience with RF or electromagnetic simulation tools
• FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, or willingness to obtain one

Role Description

 Angel Aerial Systems is seeking a hands-on Drone Assembly Technician to support production of small unmanned aircraft systems used by first responders, military and national security teams. You will build and integrate mechanical, electrical, and electronic assemblies, then help take completed systems through inspection, troubleshooting, and flight-ready validation.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys building real hardware and takes pride in precise, repeatable work. We welcome transferable experience from electronics manufacturing, cable and wire-harness assembly, avionics, robotics, electronics repair, and other hands-on technical environments.

What You’ll Do

•  Perform mechanical and electrical assembly of drone airframes, avionics, payloads, communications equipment, and related systems.
• Build, route, terminate, solder, and inspect wiring, connectors, and cable assemblies.
• Integrate finished printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic modules into aircraft systems; perform soldering, connector work, and minor rework as required.
• Assemble and integrate battery packs and aircraft power-system components in accordance with defined procedures.
• Use hand tools, soldering equipment, meters, fixtures, and other production/test equipment.
• Perform in-process and final inspections to verify workmanship, configuration, and build quality.
• Troubleshoot assembly and electrical issues and support diagnostics, functional testing, and quality control.
• Document completed work and follow build instructions, drawings, checklists, and configuration requirements.
• Work closely with engineering to identify recurring issues and improve assembly methods, tooling, quality, and production efficiency.

What We’re Looking For

• Hands-on experience with electronics assembly, mechanical assembly, cable/wire-harness work, electronics repair, avionics, robotics, or similar technical work.
• Proficiency with soldering and electronic assembly, with strong workmanship and attention to detail.
• Comfort working with small mechanical components, fasteners, wiring, connectors, and electronic hardware.
• Ability to read and follow technical instructions, drawings, wiring diagrams, checklists, and standard work.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems methodically and recognize when a build does not meet requirements.
• Reliability, ownership, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, small-team environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Relevant technical training or equivalent hands-on experience in electronics, manufacturing, aviation, robotics, automotive, industrial maintenance, or a related field.
• Experience with drones, robotics, aerospace, electronics manufacturing, or other integrated electromechanical products is a plus.

Compensation

$25–$35 per hour, based on experience and education