Internship - Fixed-Wing FPV Designer, Builder and Tuner

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Details

Preferred starting date: ASAP

Weekly availability: full-time (5 days/week)

Location: Aerospace Innovation Hub, Delft, the Netherlands

About the company

Fiducial is a young but fast-growing deep-tech start-up with big ambitions at the frontier of autonomy, perception, and defence. Currently, we are developing software for advanced on-board UAV situational awareness in military applications. Using low-cost and widely available sensors and compute, our solutions are built for scalability. From there, we plan to develop a line-up of interconnected solutions to safeguard European safety.

Our team consists of engineers that are passionate about the technology and solutions they develop. The only time most of us are not thinking about the technology is when we are asleep, and sometimes even then. Our team members have a background in different fields such as Aerospace Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Robotics and Computer Graphics. Our office is located in the Aerospace Innovation Hub, a start-up hub located on the TU Delft campus in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

We work closely with top-tier partners, ranging from government agencies and prime contractors to academic research institutes and other start-ups. Our projects span from large tender orders in collaboration with partners to low TRL research with government agencies. Whether through formal R&D programs or rapid deployment tracks, we operate at the intersection of innovation and deployment.

Your role

Fiducial is setting up an in-house development platform for FPV fixed-wing drones of which you will design and manufacture the first few prototypes during your internship. You will be selecting, manufacturing, modifying, flying, tuning and iterating commercial off-the-shelf 3D-printed or foam-based fixed-wing FPV designs.

What we expect from you

• You have assembled, flown and tuned your own FPV fixed-wing drone using ArduPlane or PX4.

• 3D-printing, laser cutting, foaming and soldering DIY projects.

• CAD experience and intuition for structures

• Big plus: aerospace design experience (structures, aerodynamics and flight performance).

• A high degree of autonomy, determination and grit in making cool tech work.

• Full time availability (40 hours)

What we offer

• 1000 euro monthly compensation.

• 10 vacation days during internship period

• (Really) flexible working hours.

• Large freedom in how you work and implement solutions, project ownership is incredibly important to us.

• Responsibility over the things you implement, you are the expert on what you build.

• Traveling abroad to test the solutions you built in relevant environments.

The application procedure

• If after reading the above you are convinced you are the right person for the job, send us some information about yourself; this can be a resume, website or other source, as long as we get a clear impression of your background and skills.

• We’ll get back to you ASAP. If we feel you could be a fit for the position, we will share more information and request you to complete a questionnaire. After this, interviews could follow.

• If at this point we feel you are the person we are looking for, we’ll discuss the specifics.

• Welcome to the team!