Cams Biometrics - Shollinganallur, OMR, Chennai - Experience: 4+yrs - Salary: Up to 7.2 LPA (No deductions)

We are building a drone platform from the ground up at Cams Biometrics, Chennai. From UAV to Manned Vehicle. This is our primary long-term product line, not a side project. This is a hands-on role in a close-knit team. You will be selecting motors, routing power, wiring flight controllers, tuning PIDs, and standing in a field watching the aircraft fly — then working out with the team why it did what it did.
You will work alongside our hardware and electronics engineers, and directly with the founder. Drone development does not happen in isolation — airframe decisions change the power budget, the power budget changes the payload, the payload changes the flight envelope. We want someone who thinks across those boundaries with other people, not around them.
We are a small team building something ambitious. Everyone here has real ownership, and everyone helps everyone.
What you'll own
Airframe — configuration selection, structures, materials, weight budget, vibration management




Propulsion & power — motor and ESC sizing, propeller matching, battery and BMS architecture, power distribution, thrust-to-weight and endurance calculations
Avionics — flight controller selection and integration (Pixhawk / PX4 / ArduPilot or custom), IMU/GPS/sensor integration, telemetry and RF links, failsafe design
Payload integration — camera and compute module mounting, gimbal/vibration isolation, payload power and data paths, release mechanisms for delivery
Flight test — bench testing, tethered testing, field testing, log analysis, iteration
The path to production — BOM ownership, vendor sourcing, DGCA regulatory pathway, and design-for-manufacture as we scale
You will lead the drone side of this — but not alone. Our electronics engineers own the boards and firmware, and you will work with them daily on power, sensors, and payload integration.

What we're actually looking for
We care

📌 Drone Engineer — UAV Design (Chennai)
🏢 Cams Biometrics
📍 Chennai