Lead Engineer | Founding Member

At DroneLFT, we're building what doesn't exist yet — a 5,000 lb capable heavy-lift drone platform designed to redefine logistics, defense, and emergency and humanitarian operations.

We're looking for a Founding Senior Aerospace Engineer with 10+ years of industry experience and an entrepreneurial mindset who wants to help build something real — a system that bridges the gap between ground transport and air mobility.

This isn't about joining a company. It's about helping create one.

The Role

You'll work directly with the founders and DroneLFT team to shape the early design, architecture, and testing of DroneLFT's heavy-lift UAS platform. As a senior technical leader, you'll help define propulsion systems, airframe architecture, power modeling, and core systems engineering decisions that move us from concept to prototype and beyond.

Your experience will directly influence the technical direction and foundation of the platform from day one.

This is a full-time, in-person role based in El Paso, Texas.

We're assembling a small, highly capable team built on ownership, trust, and real innovation.

What We're Looking For

· 10+ years of aerospace engineering or UAS industry experience

· Background in aerospace, mechanical, or UAS engineering

· Experience with airframe design, propulsion systems, or heavy-lift aircraft platforms

· Experience with hybrid propulsion or power modeling

· Strong systems-level thinking and hands-on engineering capability

· Entrepreneurial and innovative mindset — comfortable building from the ground up and solving problems without a defined playbook

· Startup mindset: self-driven, adaptable, and comfortable operating in early-stage environments

· Someone ready to help design, build, and lead — not wait for instructions

Why DroneLFT

DroneLFT is a veteran-founded aerospace startup with a clear mission:

To unlock land potential through scalable, sustainable aerial access — without reliance on traditional infrastructure.

We're early. We're ambitious. And we're building something designed to change the current landscape of aerial logistics.

If you've been waiting for a chance to shape a system, not just contribute to one, this is it.