Integration & Flight Operations Team Lead

Description

Airobotics is a leading company specializing in the development and manufacturing of autonomous drone systems. Its solutions combine hardware, software, and AI-driven technologies to support complex, large-scale operations. Airobotics works primarily with defense industries, such as military and law enforcement agencies worldwide. The company is part of Ondas Holdings and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary.

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Team Leader with a strong managerial orientation to lead the Integration and Drone Pilots teams.

The role includes overall responsibility for the professional and operational management of the field teams, establishing work infrastructures, developing procedures, implementing work processes, professional documentation, managing team qualifications, and ensuring full readiness of the systems and teams for experiments, development flights, system testing, and field activities.

This is a role that connects the worlds of development, integration, operational activities, and testing, and requires the ability to lead people, manage multiple tasks, work with diverse engineering interfaces, and remain hands-on in the laboratory and in the field.

Responsibilities

• Professional management and leadership of the Integration Team and Drone Pilots Team.
• Planning, prioritizing, and assigning tasks according to development, testing, demonstration, and ongoing operational needs.
• Responsibility for system readiness for laboratory tests, ground tests, flight tests, and field activities.
• Leading integration, assembly, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities.
• Managing pilot qualifications, training, performance levels, and compliance with professional standards.
• Planning and coordinating flight activities, including preparations, briefings, Go / No-Go decisions, and post-activity debriefings.
• Developing and implementing work procedures, checklists, management routines, and documentation processes.
• Responsibility for professional documentation: system status, malfunctions, lessons learned, activity summaries, and work procedures.
• Investigating safety incidents and unusual events during flights.
• Ongoing collaboration with Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Software, QA, Testing, and Production teams.
• Maintaining safety, order, professionalism, and compliance with company procedures and relevant regulations.

• Plan and prioritize integration, assembly, maintenance, and field activities.

• Lead hands-on integration of multidisciplinary systems across mechanical, electrical, electronic, communication, and software domains.

• Build and prepare systems, prototypes, tools, fixtures, harnesses, and test setups.

• Lead troubleshooting, fault isolation, and root-cause analysis.

• Own system maintenance, configuration, firmware, and technical readiness.

• Ensure systems achieve Ready for Test status for laboratory and field activities.

• Support field trials, testing, demonstrations, and on-site troubleshooting.

• Work closely with System, Mechanical, Electronics, Software, Firmware, QA, Testing, and Production teams.

• Develop team capabilities, work methods, and technical documentation.

Requirements

• Experience as a Technical Team Leader, Integration Team Leader, Field Team Leader, or Drone Pilots Team Leader.
• Experience in drones / UAVs / robotics / autonomous systems - Mandatory!
• Hands-on experience working with complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Ability to manage tasks, prioritize, lead people, and drive processes.
• Experience in assembly, installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting- Mandatory!
• Experience or understanding of flight operations, test preparations, fieldwork, and safety.
• Ability to work with multiple interfaces within the organization.
• A structured approach to documentation, procedures, lessons learned, and process improvement.
• Willingness to work hands-on in the laboratory and in the field.
• Availability for field activities, testing, and flights as needed.

Significant Advantages:

• Experience with ArduPilot and Ground Control Stations.
• Experience in Aerospace, Defense, or Aviation environments.
• Technical or operational background from the Air Force or a relevant technological unit.
• Experience leading development tests, flight tests, system tests, or demonstrations.
• Experience developing procedures, checklists, failure reports, and work processes.
• Drone pilot license.

  Personal Attributes:

• Ability to manage and lead people.
• Organization, systematic thinking, and the ability to establish work processes.
• High level of responsibility and sound judgment.
• Ability to work under pressure and make real-time decisions.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with multiple interfaces.
• Hands-on approach and commitment to safety, professionalism, and documentation.