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WGS SYSTEMS LLC

Flight Test Technician

Hagerstown, MD

$65K - $95K/yr

Work as an onboard operator for SAR/GMTI, EO/IR, and SIGINT/EW sensor suites, following test cards ... USMC: 26-series (SIGINT), 63/64-series (Avionics), 02-series (Intel), or 7314 (UAV Operator)

WGS SYSTEMS LLC

Flight Test Technician

Hagerstown, MD

$65K - $95K/yr

Work as an onboard operator for SAR/GMTI, EO/IR, and SIGINT/EW sensor suites, following test cards ... USMC: 26-series (SIGINT), 63/64-series (Avionics), 02-series (Intel), or 7314 (UAV Operator)

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As of Aug 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for trainee uav sensor operator in the United States is $43,530.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $33,000.00 and $51,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Trainee Uav Sensor Operator vs Uav Sensor Operator?

AspectTrainee Uav Sensor OperatorUav Sensor Operator
CertificationsBasic UAV operation and sensor training, entry-level certificationsAdvanced UAV operation, sensor management, and possibly additional certifications
Work EnvironmentTraining sites, supervised missions, learning-focused settingsOperational missions, field deployments, autonomous or semi-autonomous flights
Employer & Industry UsageTraining programs, military, or commercial drone companiesMilitary, surveillance, mapping, or industrial drone services

The main difference is that a Trainee Uav Sensor Operator is in training, focusing on learning sensor operation and UAV basics, while a Uav Sensor Operator is fully qualified, performing operational drone missions independently or under supervision.

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Mechanical Engineer -- Munition System

Velia multiservices

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.

Job description

About the project

We're building a small, safety-critical kinetic munition delivered by an FPV-class airframe. The system carries an electro mechanical safe and arm device (EMSAD) governed by a seven-state safety-arm-fire state machine, electromechanical safing features, and sensor suite. Everything has to survive flight loads, drops, vibration, and field handling — and fail safe at every step.

You will own the mechanical side end-to-end: from concept and CAD through prototypes, testing, and the transfer to production.

What you'll do

Design the munition housing, internal structure, and arming mechanism (S&A train, transport pin, motor-driven elements) in CAD.

Define the mechanical safety architecture together with the HW and SW leads — interlocks, out-of-line geometry, transport-pin retention, drop/impact behavior.

Spec materials, finishes, tolerances, and fasteners for the operating environment (temperature, vibration, humidity, salt fog as relevant).

Build prototypes in-house (3D print, CNC) and run iteration loops; hand off drawings and DFM packages to external machinists / injection-mold vendors.

Plan and execute mechanical qualification: drop, shock, vibration, environmental, mass-properties / CG checks, integration with the airframe.

Own the BOM, weight budget, and CG budget. Track them like the safety-critical numbers they are.

Work directly alongside the HW and SW engineers — PCB outline, connector placement, harnessing, mechanism actuation requirements come out of these conversations.

Required

5+ years designing mechanical assemblies that go into the field — UAV payloads, defense, automotive, aerospace, or similar regulated/rugged domains.

Fluency in a parametric CAD tool (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, Creo, NX — pick your favorite).

Comfort producing manufacturing-ready drawings: GD&T, tolerance stacks, surface finishes, fits.

Hands-on with prototyping: FDM/SLA printers, mill, lathe, basic machining sense.

Strong intuition for failure modes — you've broken things deliberately and know which question to ask next.

Working English, written and verbal.

Nice to have

Experience with safety & arming (S&A) mechanisms, fuzing, pyrotechnics, or anything else that has to be unambiguously safe before it's allowed to be dangerous.

Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 (environmental), MIL-STD-331 (fuze tests), or equivalent civilian standards.

FEA / structural simulation (Ansys, SolidWorks Simulation, Onshape FEA).

Injection-mold and metal-casting DFM.

FPV / small-UAV background — payload integration, mass/CG sensitivity.