Engineering Lead | Gimbal Development

🚀 Engineering Lead | Gimbal Development

Germany or London Relocation Support Available

Have you engineered a stabilised gimbal system from the ground up, rather than simply integrated an off-the-shelf solution?

I'm partnering with a growing UAV technology company investing in the development of its own advanced gimbal and EO/IR sensor systems.

They're looking for an Engineering Lead who understands the engineering behind precision-stabilised gimbals and can take technical ownership of developing bespoke systems for advanced UAV platforms.

This isn't a role focused on selecting, purchasing or integrating existing gimbal products.

They need someone who understands how these systems are designed, controlled, stabilised and developed from the ground up.

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🔍 Who would be a good fit?

You could be a Lead Gimbal Engineer, Principal Systems Engineer, Senior Mechatronics Engineer or Stabilisation & Control Engineer with direct experience developing precision-stabilised systems.

Particularly relevant experience includes:

→ End-to-end development of bespoke stabilised gimbal systems, rather than solely integrating commercial products.

→ Strong understanding of multi-axis gimbal architecture, servo control and inertial stabilisation.

→ Experience with motor drives, encoders, IMUs, sensor feedback and closed-loop control systems.

→ Knowledge of EO/IR payloads, precision mechatronics and embedded control systems.

→ Taking complex hardware through design, integration, testing and validation.

→ Providing technical direction across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

You don't necessarily need to have "Lead" in your current title.

What matters is your ability to understand the complete gimbal system, solve difficult engineering problems and make sound technical decisions from first principles.

The opportunity?

Join a growing UAV technology company, take ownership of a critical engineering programme and play a central role in developing the next generation of airborne stabilisation and EO/IR technology.

This is for engineers who want technical depth, genuine ownership and the opportunity to build the technology itself, not simply integrate someone else's.

📍 Germany | Relocation support available