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Drones startups hiring now
The drones startups hiring the most right now are Shield AI, Zipline and Skydio. 52% of their open roles are in engineering. 10% of these companies hire mostly remote. Most are based in San Diego, Paris and Munich. Every role here comes from the company’s own careers page and is re-checked daily.
52%
of roles in engineering
8%
of roles in marketing
8%
of roles in sales and gtm
7%
of roles in product and design
5%
of roles in data
Companies
Who is hiring
Shield AI
San Diego, US · Series G
Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops AI pilots for aircraft, drones, ships, and satellites. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.
513 open roles5% remote
Zipline
South San Francisco, US · Series H
Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world's largest automated delivery system using autonomous drones.
202 open roles15% remote
Skydio
San Mateo, US · Series F
Skydio manufactures drones used by consumers, enterprises, and government customers. It develops autonomous drone systems powered by AI.
123 open roles26% remote
NewSpace Research and Technologies
NewSpace Research and Technologies is an aerospace and defence R&D company that aims to create unmanned aerospace systems from India. It develops programs in next-generation missions and technologies for military and civilian use by Indian government bodies. Its products include the BELUGA hybrid multi-rotor long-endurance UAV, the NIMBUS multi-purpose electric UAV and the MACKEREL loitering munition. It specialises in drone technology.
122 open roles0% remote
Harmattan AI
Paris, FR · Series B
Harmattan AI is a defense technology company developing vertically integrated autonomous systems, including layered air-defense solutions, coordinated autonomous ISR and strike UAVs, electronic-warfare products, and C2 platforms. It designs and manufactures autonomous aerial systems such as surveillance drones and high-velocity interceptor drones capable of autonomously countering hostile unmanned threats.
117 open roles2% remote
Helsing
Munich, DE · Series D
Helsing provides AI-enabled autonomous systems for multi-domain defense applications. The company designs and builds autonomous systems and partners with governments and industry to connect existing hardware into an AI-enabled network.
110 open roles85% remote
Neros Technologies
El Segundo, US · Series B
Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West's strategic edge. It makes tactical, attritable, one way drones that ensure an asymmetric advantage for Western military forces.
85 open roles33% remote
Firestorm
San Diego, US · Series A
Firestorm develops modular, open-system unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the defense sector. Its core product is the Tempest, a 55-pound unmanned aircraft that can carry 10 pounds of military payloads.
48 open roles4% remote
Swarm Aero
Oxnard, US · Series A
Swarm Aero builds large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms for defense and missions. The company develops the first UAV designed from the ground up for swarming and the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets.
31 open roles36% remote
Saildrone
Alameda, US
Saildrone designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) that collect data, surveillance, and seafloor insight from the world's oceans. Its USVs are equipped with advanced sensors and proprietary AI to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for military, homeland security, and commercial customers.
28 open roles20% remote
BRINC
Seattle, US · Corporate Round
BRINC builds a connected ecosystem of hardware, software, and services for public safety. Its products include drones, ruggedized throw phones, and 911 response networks that dispatch drones to provide real-time visual data.
22 open roles23% remote
Zeitview
Santa Monica, US · Series D
Zeitview provides AI-powered asset intelligence and visualization solutions for critical infrastructure. Its platform serves multiple critical infrastructure categories including solar, wind, utilities, properties, and telecom.
22 open roles47% remote
SE3 Labs
Munich, DE · Seed
SE3 Labs’ platform pairs proprietary hardware with AI and natural language interfaces for autonomous drones, unmanned ground vehicles, and robotic swarms.
21 open roles0% remote
Hylight
Paris, France, FR · YC S23
Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
20 open roles0% remote
Venus Aerospace
Houston, US · Series B
The company designs and manufactures hypersonic drones and spaceplanes for research, defense, and commercial missions.
19 open roles16% remote
Rainmaker
El Segundo, US · Series A
Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. The company develops and integrates radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.
18 open roles0% remote
Aitan
New Jersey, US
Aitan builds autonomous robotic combat systems for allied militaries. Its edge AI tools support surveillance, armed response, and cargo delivery in contested areas.
16 open roles0% remote
Fiducial
delft, NL
Fiducial builds computer vision and autonomy software for defence. Its product suite includes Fiducial Pose, a high-precision 6-DoF localization tool, and Fiducial Scout, an on-board navigation platform for UAVs.
10 open roles0% remote
Gather AI
Pittsburgh, US · Series B
Gather AI provides a vision-powered platform that uses autonomous drones and existing equipment to capture real-time warehouse data, digitizing manual workflows. The platform, Gather AI Prana, observes the warehouse continuously and reasons over what it sees alongside existing systems.
9 open roles89% remote
Airbound
Bengaluru, IN · Seed
Airbound is building the world's most efficient delivery drones to reduce the cost of delivery by over 137x.
9 open roles0% remote
Marut Drones
Marut Drones builds high-payload drones. It designs, manufactures and deploys drone solutions for agriculture, infrastructure, disaster management and environmental conservation.
9 open roles
Unmannd
Unmannd builds the world's most intelligent drones for mission success in any environment.
8 open roles
Corvus Robotics
Mountain View, US · Series A
Corvus Robotics’ flagship product, Corvus One, is an autonomous inventory drone that performs cycle counts without operators, Wi-Fi, or GPS. It sells through a Robots as a Service model.
6 open roles50% remote
Elroy Air
Byron, US · Series B
Elroy Air builds autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft systems to change the way the world moves goods. Chaparral, its autonomous heavy-cargo drone, is powered by a patented hybrid-electric powertrain and flies with no pilot onboard.
5 open roles0% remote
Precision AI
Calgary, CA · Seed
The company uses custom-built AI technology in drones to take crop production decisions from a whole field to an individual plant level.
5 open roles0% remote
Whisper Aero
Crossville, US
Whisper Aero manufactures ultra-quiet electric propulsion systems for drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles.
5 open roles0% remote
Okulo Aerospace
Okulo Aerospace makes solar-powered fixed-wing drones built for long-endurance flights. Okulo Aerospace's High Altitude Pseudo Satellite is an unmanned aerial system designed to operate in the stratosphere. Okulo Aerospace's Hinet VTOL UAV is a VTOL drone built to withstand the harsh Himalayan environment. Okulo Aerospace's Sky Sight platform is designed for industries that require real-time UAV surveillance and data insights.
4 open roles
Wingtra
zürich, CH · Series B
Wingtra develops drones and software for aerial mapping and surveying. Its tools let surveyors plan flights, capture data, and produce output for CAD and GIS systems.
4 open roles50% remote
Seneca
Sausalito, US · Seed
Seneca develops AI-powered autonomous drone systems for rapid wildfire suppression. Its first product is an autonomous rapid response fire suppression drone system that uses infrared sensors and video cameras to locate flames and deploy high-pressure foam.
4 open roles0% remote
TechEagle
TechEagle builds full-stack autonomous drone infrastructure for logistics, public safety and defence. Its autonomous drones are hybrid eVTOLs and tactical VTOLs built for range, speed and extreme terrain. Its EagleOS, ClearSky and UTM software handle BVLOS planning, flying and monitoring. Its ground infrastructure includes droneports, V2X communications and autonomy layers.
4 open roles
Open roles
Newest roles at these startups
Shield AI
San Diego, California
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Skydio
San Mateo, California, United States
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Torrance, California, United States
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San Diego, United States
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Skydio
San Mateo, California, United States
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San Mateo, California, United States
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San Mateo, California, United States
Mobile Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027
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What drones startups build
Companies working in drones. Shield AI: Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops AI pilots for aircraft, drones, ships, and satellites. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies. Zipline: Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world's largest automated delivery system using autonomous drones. Skydio: Skydio manufactures drones used by consumers, enterprises, and government customers. It develops autonomous drone systems powered by AI.
The roles they hire for
Across the roles open today, the mix is engineering (52%), marketing (8%), sales and gtm (8%), product and design (7%) and data (5%). Engineering roles here often ask for hands-on work with the product's hardest part, so a portfolio or a shipped project counts for more than a long resume.
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Frequently asked
Which drones startups are hiring the most?
Right now: Shield AI, Zipline, Skydio, NewSpace Research and Technologies and Harmattan AI. The list above ranks every company by the roles it has open today.
Do drones startups hire remotely?
10% of the companies here hire mostly remote. Each company page shows its own remote share.
What roles do drones startups hire for?
The most common are engineering, marketing and sales and gtm.
Can landed apply to drones startups for me?
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