Senior Solutions Engineer

Job Title Senior Solutions Engineer Reports to Director of Mission Development Location London, UK Travel Percentage Up to 15% Overview As a Senior Solutions Engineer at Auterion, you will sit at the front line of our most ambitious sales engagements, working directly with defence and commercial customers to design, demonstrate and deploy autonomy solutions built on AuterionOS. This is a hands-on, flight-line role: you will build, fly and troubleshoot drone systems in front of customers, translate operational requirements into technical solutions, and give our sales and mission development teams the credibility to win the largest and most complex programmes. You will bring real, practical experience of building and flying unmanned aircraft, ideally on PX4 or ArduPilot, combined with a strong grounding in avionics or aeronautical engineering. This is not a desk-bound pre-sales role. You will be expected to get your hands dirty integrating payloads, tuning autopilots, running test flights and solving problems live in front of customers and partners. Responsibilities and Duties Act as the lead technical authority in customer engagements, translating mission requirements into concrete system architectures and demonstrable solutions built on AuterionOS and Skynode. Build, configure, integrate and fly drone platforms using PX4 or ArduPilot to support customer trials, technical demonstrations and proof-of-concept deployments. Design and deliver technical demonstrations, flight trials and integration proofs that showcase AuterionOS capability against customer and NATO/defence requirements. Provide deep avionics and airframe expertise, including autopilot tuning, sensor and payload integration, power systems and airworthiness considerations. Partner with the sales and business development team to shape bids, technical proposals and RFI/RFP responses, ensuring solutions are credible, deployable and differentiated. Diagnose and resolve technical issues in the field during cust