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Drone Data Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

$109K - $131K/yr

Drone Data Engineer Job Location: Houston, Tx Job Type: Contract * Drone Data Execution Engineer Skydio * Drone Operations Data Execution * Plan execute and optimize drone missions for inspection ...

As Principal Data Engineer , you'll architect Gather AI's data foundation from the ground up ... You'll prove the model end to end on Gather's drone product, then generalize it so every new ...

$60 - $80/hr

Surveying & Data Collection * Perform aerial surveying and mapping operations using unmanned aerial ... Minimum of 3 years of experience in construction, surveying, civil engineering, or a related field.

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VDC Engineer - MWH

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$75K - $115K/yr

Experience with reality capture tools and practices (laser scanning, drone data capture, and/or ... engineering and construction professionals delivers a wide range of projects, including new ...

VDC Engineer - MWH

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$75K - $115K/yr

Experience with reality capture tools and practices (laser scanning, drone data capture, and/or ... engineering and construction professionals delivers a wide range of projects, including new ...

VDC Engineer - MWH

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$75K - $115K/yr

Experience with reality capture tools and practices (laser scanning, drone data capture, and/or ... engineering and construction professionals delivers a wide range of projects, including new ...

VDC Technician

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$28 - $33/hr

Experience with reality capture tools and practices (laser scanning, drone data capture, and/or ... OR MS degree in Engineering/other highly technical field plus 1 yr. engineering/related technical ...

VDC Technician

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$28 - $33/hr

Experience with reality capture tools and practices (laser scanning, drone data capture, and/or ... OR MS degree in Engineering/other highly technical field plus 1 yr. engineering/related technical ...

... drone data workflows. The role is structured to build technical depth in mine-context GIS ... Mapping and Visualization • Produce maps, figures, and visualizations to support mine engineering ...

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As of Sep 8, 2026, the average yearly pay for drone data engineer in the United States is $129,716.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $114,500.00 and $137,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Drone Data Engineer

Houston, TX • On-site

Staffingine LLC
Recruiting and Staffing Services • 51 - 200 employees

$109K - $131K/yr

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Job description

Job Title: Drone Data Engineer
Job Location: Houston, Tx
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

  1. Drone Data Execution Engineer Skydio
  2. Drone Operations Data Execution
  3. Plan execute and optimize drone missions for inspection surveillance mapping and monitoring use cases
  4. Ensure reliable collection of highquality video image LiDAR and telemetry data
  5. Oversee mission execution across multiple sites and operational environments
  6. Skydio Platform API Integration
  7. Design and implement integrations using Skydio APIs for
  8. Mission planning automation
  9. Flight data retrieval
  10. Media videoimage ingestion
  11. Telemetry and metadata extraction
  12. Integrate Skydio drone data with
  13. Enterprise data platforms
  14. Asset management systems
  15. GIS systems
  16. AIML analytics pipelines
  17. Handle authentication access control rate limits and API lifecycle management
  18. Data Pipelines Analytics Enablement
  19. Build and manage drone data ingestion pipelines batch nearrealtime
  20. Normalize and enrich drone datasets with spatial temporal and asset metadata
  21. Enable downstream processing for
  22. Computer vision models
  23. Defect detection
  24. Asset condition monitoring
  25. Digital twin platforms
  26. Work closely with data science teams to operationalize AI models on drone data
  27. Systems Cloud Integration
  28. Integrate drone data with cloud platforms Azure

Required Skills Qualifications

  1. Core Technical Skills
  2. 810 years of experience in drone systems robotics or aerial data platforms
  3. Strong handson experience with Skydio API integration
  4. Proficiency in Python mandatory JavaScriptJava is a plus
  5. Experience with REST APIs JSON OAuth and webhooks
  6. Strong understanding of
  7. Drone telemetry
  8. Flight logs
  9. Sensor data RGB thermal LiDAR
  10. Data Analytics
  11. Experience handling largescale video and image datasets
  12. Familiarity with computer vision workflows and AI model integration
  13. Knowledge of GIS tools spatial data formats and mapping systems
  14. Cloud Systems
  15. Experience with cloud platforms AWS Azure GCP
  16. Knowledge of object storage streaming and data pipelines
  17. Understanding of edgetocloud architectures
  18. Domain Experience Preferred
  19. Oil Gas domain experience is prefererred

Skills

Mandatory Skills : SkydioIOT - PYTHON, O&G Upstream