FPV Evangelist

About the Position

We are looking for an FPV Evangelist to join our team at Neros, a defense technology company based in Torrance, California, United States. As an FPV Evangelist, you will enhance our proficiency in FPV, build and maintain a fleet of drones, and host FPV workshops for employees and customers.

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
• 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

Requirements

• 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 Offer

• Competitive salary
• Professional development opportunities
• Equity grants

About the Company

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.

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.