# Sr. UAV Engineer

Overview SRI’s Bright Ceramic Technologies (BCT) develops, applies, and commercializes advanced-material technologies, bringing together engineering, fabrication, and system integration at our Palo Alto, California facility. We are expanding our team to translate urgent DoW mission needs into fieldable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capabilities that support U.S. forces and approved allied partners. We are seeking a hands-on Senior UAV Engineer to provide technical leadership throughout the design-build-integrate-test-fly-deliver cycle. This role combines engineering expertise, practical problem-solving, and small-team leadership to move capable, reliable systems from initial requirements through flight demonstration and delivery to operational users. You will evaluate vehicle designs, guide system-level integration, mentor engineers, and work with Government customers and end users to translate mission needs into executable engineering priorities. This opportunity offers meaningful technical ownership, exposure to multiple projects and advanced technologies, and the ability to shape both the systems we deliver and the team developing them. Success

- **Id**: 4265742
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sri-international-sr-uav-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T16:37:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T16:37:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7410
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Science & Engineering, Nonprofits & Foundations, Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 58826
- **Name**: SRI International
- **Domain**: sri.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sri-international>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Salary

- **Min**: 130760
- **Max**: 173260
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 173260

## Technologies

- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T16:37:41Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 18; Filings 12m: 18

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T20:04:53Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 173260
- **Is top pay**: yes

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