Drone Pilot

We are looking for a talented Drone Pilot (QA) (flexible working time and partial remote work possible) to join our growing team in Madrid, Spain. Pix4D develops a cutting-edge drone software solution used by hundreds of customers to perform Digital Twin based inspections in a more effective way than ever before.

You will be part of our Pix4Dcapture Team, and your mission will be to fly drones and help us build a product that captures data in an optimized way for our image processing and photogrammetry software. You will contribute to design optimized flight plans for multiple purposes. Moreover, you will participate in the QA process during the agile development of our products, including manual testing on the fields and meticulous bug reporting.

**Responsibilities**:

- Perform test flights with drones, from initial preparation, authorization, stakeholder management, until execution in the field.
- Elaborate and maintain all the operational documentation according to legislation (insurance, permits, activity tracking, etc.).
- Capture and process datasets to provide valuable insights to the product team based on the experience in the field.
- Contribute to design optimal flight plans for Pix4D software.
- Reporting issues, ensuring that the description is clear for all the stakeholders.
- Create, maintain and execute test cases based on good QA principles, including product release validation.
- Collaborate in the full product life-cycle together with PO, UX and developers, from early concepts and prototypes to full deployment.

**Requirements**:

- Be a certified drone pilot, able to operate RPAS flights in Spain. Experience performing drone flights for professional purposes.
- Experience doing image processing with photogrammetry software, familiar with concepts such as flight plan, point cloud, mesh, orthomosaic, DSM, etc.
- Excellent understanding of the Spanish law to fly RPAS.
- Experience participating as QA in Agile teams.
- Able to value simplicity and understand the cost of development.
- Experience doing drone based inspections is a plus.
- Experience developing mobile apps (Android, iOS) is a plus.
- Fluent English communication skills, spoken and written.
- Driving license.

**Benefits**
- Some points listed below _involving_ interactions with others are temporarily suspended due to the covid situation._
- Permanent contract in a growing international company
- Well-located office close to Nuevos Ministerios to enjoy Madrid
- Cool and modern workplace where you can just relax and enjoy
- Flexible working hours (40h/week) and partial remote work possible
- Development opportunities to boost your career
- Team-building activities
- Company event once a year in Lausanne (Switzerland) with Pix4Ders from all offices where we share information, play, eat and party together
- Weekly thematic conferences (business, marketing, technology, environment & sustainability) to build your network and keep learning
- Free seasonal fresh fruits, infusions, hot drinks and cookies
- Weekly free healthy and gourmand breakfasts
- Happy hours with free drinks, events, board games and other fun activities
- Free yoga classes
- Discounts for physiotherapy & massages, manicure, health & wellness sessions, and other services
- Music band composed of Pix4Ders so we can play rock music together

**Working environment**

Pix4D is a unique, fun, and intellectually stimulating company where you can grow and excel in your field. Our environment is authentic and multicultural, a place where we respect and learn from each other in the pursuit of being the best at what we do. Get more information here.

**Recruitment**
- We promote diversity and offer opportunities for all gender identities across all levels and career paths.

**Company**

Pix4D is a developer of cutting edge software that converts images taken by hand, drone, or plane into survey-grade accurate and georeferenced 2D mosaics, 3D models and point clouds. Founded in 2011, Pix4D is rapidly expanding from its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to offices in Denver, San Francisco, Berlin, Shanghai, Tokyo and Madrid.

Pix4D technology enables lightweight civilian drones to become mapping and surveying tools for 3D reconstruction of any changing environment. It forms the base of many cloud-processing solutions and is used by thousands of professionals worldwide on desktop (Windows, OS X, Linux) mobile (iOS and Android) and cloud environments.

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