Experience:

No experience required

Job type:

Full-time

• Fly UAV missions as pilot or visual observer under the direction of the Drone Operations Manager, including routine operations, demonstrations and emergency-response support.
• Carry out pre-flight and post-flight checklists, site checks and weather checks, and follow SOPs and safety procedures at all times.
• Record flight logs, mission data, incidents, near misses and defects accurately and promptly.
• Practise and apply emergency procedures: lost link, aborts, manual recovery and unsafe-weather scenarios.
• Inspect, clean, test and charge aircraft, batteries, controllers, thermal payloads and accessories; report faults and arrange repairs or servicing as directed.
• Maintain the asset register, battery logs and spare-parts inventory; apply firmware and software updates as instructed.
• Support preventive-maintenance schedules and quarterly health checks.
• Assist with dock-site surveys and collect data for site-readiness records.
• Help install, configure and test DJI Dock and Matrice systems under supervision, including payloads and RC Plus 2 controllers.
• Join field deployments for wildfire detection, flood monitoring, search and rescue and environmental surveillance, in Thailand and occasionally abroad.
• About you.
• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in aviation, engineering, robotics, electronics, computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1-2 years of practical experience flying professional or commercial drones; fresh graduates with strong drone experience will be considered.
• Valid remote-pilot certificate (e.g. CAAT UAS pilot certificate), or willingness to obtain one within an agreed period.
• Experience with DJI platforms, ideally enterprise aircraft (Matrice series) or DJI Dock, is an advantage.
• Basic understanding of batteries, flight controllers, sensors, payloads and radio communications; able to troubleshoot simple faults.
• Basic understanding of networking (IP, RTK, cellular) and account security is an advantage; thermal imaging familiarity is a plus.
• Good record-keeping and ability to follow written procedures.
• Safety-first, reliable and disciplined; follows procedures and speaks up about risks.
• Hands-on, curious and eager to learn; takes feedback well and works well in a team.
• Fluent Thai required for local operations and coordination; basic to good working English for reading manuals and writing simple reports.

Experience:

5 years required

Skills:

Electrical Engineering, English, Thai

Job type:

Full-time

• Plan, schedule and supervise UAV activities, including routine operations, demonstrations, field deployments, surveillance and emergency-response support..
• Oversee mission planning, site risk assessments, weather checks, execution and post-flight reporting; make go/no-go recommendations in remote or challenging environments..
• Develop and maintain SOPs, checklists and safety procedures, including alert handling, escalation, lost-link, abort, manual-recovery and unsafe-weather scenarios..
• Keep accurate flight logs and records of incidents, near misses, defects and corrective actions; ensure flights stay within permissions and operating limits..
• Manage readiness of aircraft, thermal and other payloads, batteries, controllers, communications equipment and autonomous docking stations..
• Establish preventive-maintenance schedules, inspections and health checks; maintain asset registers and spares inventories..
• Lead or coordinate dock-site surveys and prepare site-readiness dossiers..
• Configure and commission Dock 3 / 4 and Matrice 4TD / 5TD systems, including firmware baselines, pairing, AL1 spotlight and AS1 speaker payloads and RC Plus 2 controllers..
• Work with DART's software team to integrate UAV data into DART.net, and support testing of missions triggered by satellite alerts and AI-assisted fire detection..
• Supervise, train and give feedback to pilots, technicians and field personnel; ensure qualifications, certificates and competencies are current..
• About you.
• Bachelor's degree in aviation, aerospace, engineering, robotics, electronics, computer science or a related field (equivalent experience considered)..
• At least 5 years in professional UAV operations, including at least 2 years with enterprise or dock-based autonomous systems..
• Experience supervising pilots, technicians, projects or field operations, and training and assessing adult operators..
• Hands-on experience with DJI enterprise platforms (ideally Matrice series and DJI Dock) or comparable systems..
• Experience with mission planning, risk assessment, maintenance, SOPs, CONOPS and safety documentation; familiarity with BVLOS and SORA..
• Working knowledge of Thai UAV regulations and CAAT/NBTC procedures, or the ability to work effectively with regulatory specialists..
• Valid remote-pilot certificate (e.g. CAAT UAS pilot certificate) or an equivalent qualification that can be validated..
• Working understanding of IP networking, RTK, bandwidth, latency, cellular connectivity and basic cybersecurity; familiarity with thermal imaging for wildfire and emergency response..
• Organised, hands-on, safety-committed and disciplined about documentation; able to work independently and escalate appropriately..
• Fluent Thai preferred for local operations and regulatory communication; good working proficiency in English, spoken and written..