Jobs at Red Cat Holdings, Inc.

Administer and maintain Windows and Linux systems, business applications, user access, endpoints, backups, monitoring, patches, and routine infrastructure. Troubleshoot incidents involving performance, availability, connectivity, and permissions; document changes and procedures; support recovery testing and security remediation; and coordinate with internal teams and vendors. Contribute to basic automation and operational improvements under senior guidance. The role may require occasional off-hours work and physical activity in industrial facilities.

Leads Red Cat’s commercial revenue strategy across public safety, enterprise, private security, mapping, inspection, and other non-DoD markets. Owns pipeline, forecasting, channel strategy, strategic accounts, go-to-market execution, partnerships, pricing, and sales processes. Collaborates with Product and Engineering, represents the company at industry events, and recruits and coaches commercial sales personnel as the business grows.

Leads complex aerospace and defense programs across their full lifecycle, managing cost, schedules, technical performance, risks, budgets, resources, and customer relationships. Coordinates engineering, operations, finance, business development, government customers, and prime contractors. Develops program plans, controls, metrics, proposals, and integrated schedules while supporting capture activities and ensuring compliance with company, export-control, ITAR, and EAR requirements. The role requires cross-functional leadership, customer communication, occasional facility work, and travel up to 25%.

Develop and lead production embedded C/C++ software for autonomous aircraft and UAS platforms across microcontrollers and Linux processors. Integrate cameras, radar, lidar, IMUs, GNSS, and perception systems; optimize real-time performance; build automated tests and simulators; and diagnose issues through flight testing. The role spans architecture, hardware bring-up, vehicle integration, certification evidence, and technical mentorship while collaborating with electrical, controls, autonomy, manufacturing, and flight-operations teams.

Develops and leads production embedded C and C++ software for autonomous aircraft and UAS across microcontrollers, application processors, RTOS platforms, and embedded Linux. Responsibilities include architecture, hardware bring-up, sensor and perception integration, performance optimization, debugging, automated testing, flight-test support, requirements traceability, and technical mentorship. The role collaborates with electrical, systems, controls, autonomy, manufacturing, and flight-operations teams.

Leads international business development for unmanned aircraft systems, managing defense and government relationships across assigned markets. Identifies and captures opportunities from engagement through contract award, shapes requirements and acquisition strategies, develops reseller channels, and supports demonstrations, proposals, forecasting, and market analysis. Coordinates with U.S. government entities, internal legal, contracts, finance, compliance, engineering, and operations teams while ensuring export compliance and customer alignment. Requires substantial international travel, including OCONUS support.

Develop Palantir Foundry ontology models, data pipelines, dashboards, workflows, and responsive applications supporting manufacturing operations. Collaborate with supply chain, operations, IT, finance, and other stakeholders to translate business processes into intuitive technical solutions. Document architecture and user guidance, support training, and maintain applications. The role requires software development, SQL, Python, data modeling, and manufacturing experience, with preferred hands-on Palantir Foundry expertise.

Designs and integrates electrical systems for air, ground, and maritime unmanned platforms. Responsibilities include power distribution, batteries, PCB layouts, wiring harnesses, connectors, sensors, payloads, onboard computing, and datalinks. The engineer builds and tests prototype hardware, troubleshoots electrical and signal-integrity issues, supports EMI/EMC and environmental qualification, maintains technical documentation, and helps transition designs into production. The role includes approximately 25% travel for field testing, demonstrations, and customer events.

Develop and integrate embedded firmware, vehicle-control software, onboard computing, autonomy behaviors, navigation, and mission-planning systems for air, ground, and maritime unmanned vehicles. Responsibilities include hardware bring-up, sensor and datalink integration, embedded Linux development, state estimation, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, troubleshooting, and Python-based engineering automation. The role supports GPS-denied operations, multi-agent autonomy, and productization for defense customers.

Design and develop production-ready uncrewed surface vessel hardware, including composite structures, machinery layouts, propulsion, fuel systems, equipment installations, and payload interfaces. Create 3D CAD models, manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and engineering documentation. Collaborate with engineering, fabrication, integration, suppliers, and operations teams from concept through prototype testing and production. Evaluate weight, structural loading, manufacturability, serviceability, and marine-environment requirements while supporting design reviews, configuration control, and engineering changes.

Build and maintain AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Docker environments, and developer tooling for drone software platforms. Improve build, test, deployment, observability, reporting, documentation, and self-service workflows using Jenkins, GitLab, and DevOps automation. Integrate security controls such as secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and least-privilege access while supporting CMMC Level 2 and Army compliance. Troubleshoot infrastructure and developer workflow issues and report pipeline health to engineering leadership.

Leads high-level electrical system design for UAV products, decomposes product requirements, directs engineers, performs technology trade studies, and integrates subsystem designs. Responsibilities include EMC-compliant design, PCB architecture and layout, signal and power integrity, design reviews, EVT procedures, manufacturing test development, and electrical BOM management. The role requires expertise across multiple drone technologies, collaboration with manufacturing partners, and ownership from concept through sustaining engineering.

Owns configuration management across military and commercial drone platforms, including hardware, software, firmware, BOMs, revisions, variants, and build standards. Establishes CM processes, manages SAP and Arena PLM data, leads configuration audits, maintains traceability and baselines, tracks status metrics, and supports regulatory compliance. Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to resolve discrepancies and support new UAS programs.

Designs and sustains complex electrical subsystems and PCBAs for UAVs from concept through production. Leads EMC compliance, EVT development and testing, troubleshooting, design reviews, manufacturing test collaboration, trade studies, PCB layout, BOM management, and sustaining engineering. Works cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, and external partners while serving as a subject-matter expert in multiple UAV technologies.

Leads and manages the electrical engineering team developing electronic systems for unmanned aircraft. Oversees embedded electronics, PCB, battery management, motor control, RF, testing, regulatory compliance, product qualification, and production transition. Collaborates with mechanical, software, firmware, and manufacturing teams while managing engineering projects, schedules, budgets, resources, and product roadmaps. Requires strong technical leadership, cross-functional communication, and experience with new product introduction and manufacturing scale-up.

Provide front-desk and administrative support for the Valdosta facility: greet visitors, manage vendor and facilities relationships, schedule meetings, maintain records and supplies, support leadership, improve administrative processes, plan events, and handle confidential HR-related documents. Must work independently, prioritize tasks, and occasionally visit the production facility.

Develop and maintain C/C++ system services on embedded Linux SOMs for drone platforms. Work on boot/init, networking (UDP, DHCP, DNS, MAVLink), PX4 log handling, logging/diagnostics, radio networking, and system integration. Debug system-level issues, collaborate with flight software and QA, and deliver reliable, well-documented production software for constrained Ubuntu-based environments.

Leads the full lifecycle of complex IT projects, including scope, planning, execution, deployment, stakeholder communication, reporting, quality, risk mitigation, Agile ceremonies, and portfolio management. Collaborates with technical teams, architects, engineers, business stakeholders, executives, and vendors. Administers project management tools, maintains documentation, manages dependencies, and balances strategic oversight with hands-on delivery across enterprise systems, integrations, application development, infrastructure, SaaS, and IT operations.

The Sr. NPI Manufacturing Engineer leads manufacturing process development for UAV systems in aerospace, ensuring manufacturability and quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams from design to production ramp.

Design, implement, and field-validate swarm autonomous behaviors from operational use cases through simulation, HIL, and live flight. Partner with mission engineers, UI/UX, QA, and core software teams to specify operator controls and APIs, define tests and CI/CD coverage, maintain behavior libraries, and support field demonstrations.