FPV Evangelist
Summary
An FPV drone expert designs, builds, and maintains racing courses and training programs for employees and customers, blending hands-on drone assembly with event hosting and curriculum development.
Who we are
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
What you will be doing
Drone racing and FPV heritage is an integral part of our company's DNA. As an FPV Evangelist at Neros, you will enhance the company’s proficiency in FPV. You will build and maintain the company’s program for the FPV fly-through course and host FPV workshops. This program is geared for employees and may be used to also educate customers/VIP’s onsite. You will be in charge of your dream FPV lab, and will have the resources to build hobby FPV drones at an enterprise scale.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a fleet of drones and support equipment
- Work with leadership to maintain a regular schedule of hosting “open FPV course” sessions and special events (races, demos, etc.)
- Create FPV curriculum courses i.e. repair workshops, soldering, Betaflight how-to setup
- Record keeping of employees' progress
- Will work with leadership on approved sign-up sheets for “open practice” times, special events, and course enrollments
- Design and maintain the actual FPV track which users will fly
- Gates/flags/led FPV course
- Timing system: rotorhazard, immersion/livetime experience warranted
- Maintain FPV sim setup - design virtual track that mimics live track for practice
- This role may be asked to assist in other tasks in the factory
You should have the following
- 4+ years of experience in building and racing FPV drones
- Mentorship or teaching experience, excellent communicator- must have the ability to create presentations and the ability to teach
- FPV race experience - track design and race ops experience to build a race course and host race events with timing system
- Part 107
- FPV acro piloting skills - FPV/LOS - live demo and Velocidrone demo
- Soldering - skills required to build consumer FPV drone
- Betaflight programming knowledge
- Assembly skills- ability to put together FPV drone parts without instructions
Nice to have
- CAD/3D printing
- Blackbox tuning
- Advanced solder skills: hot-air rework
US Salary Range
$73,000 - $120,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.