Drone Choreographer / System and Controls Engineer

The Role:

For our live events department, we are looking for someone who can translate the emotions of a soundtrack into drone choreography while also bringing solid engineering skills to the table. In this role you’ll help create new choreographies for world-class productions such as Eurovision and artists including Celine Dion and Justin Bieber. Beyond the artistic work, you’ll also contribute to the technical backbone: developing new control algorithms, qualifying hardware components, and improving the support tools that keep our global fleet flying reliably. We are Entrepreneurs, Engineers, Artists, Professionals, Mathematicians, and Designers; all working as one.

What you'll do:

The role is two-fold; the position will devote at least 50% of their time to development work on:

• Qualifying and testing drone power unit components (motors, propellers, batteries)
• Developing and testing new onboard control algorithms
• Providing Level 2 and Level 3 support for ongoing shows
• Improving and extending Python-based support tools for our growing global fleet

The other part of the work will be devoted to working on new and ongoing shows, including:

• Collaborating with clients, directors, and creatives to design drone choreographies
• Programming and testing choreographies for new shows in C++
• Traveling on-site to help deliver shows worldwide

What you bring:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Control Systems
• Strong programming skills (C++ ; Python)
• Background in control systems, robotics, or system dynamics
• Creative mindset and ability to discuss artistic concepts with non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new topics
• Hands-on attitude and willingness to travel (10–20%)

Additional Plus:

• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing, motors, batteries, or propellers
• Background in live entertainment, animation, or similar creative fields

Who you are:

• Comfortable switching between deep technical work and creative discussions
• You have an eye for creativity with the ability to have creative discussions with directors and show creatives
• You have a start-up mentality and thrive in an environment where you must be flexible and jump into different projects and roles when necessary
• Team player with high problem-solving competence, capable of working independently in a fast-moving environment

Why Verity?

• Flexibility of a hybrid work environment. You can arrange start and finish times around your life (picking up kids, walking the dog, training for your next marathon at lunch)
• A great engineering culture, including flat hierarchies, an open-door policy, and a focus on joint responsibility and mutual trust and support
• Working with a skilled, high-achieving, experienced, and fun team with lots of opportunities to develop your professional career and grow with the company
• Annual team-building events, quarterly and monthly get-togethers, knowledge-sharing talks, game nights, and more
• 25 days of annual leave, employee stock ownership plan (conditions apply), variety of pension plans, and relocation packages
• Welcoming office space complete with friendly team members, free snacks (fresh fruits, coffee, and more!), and fun activities; we’re dog-friendly!

Learn more about who we are, what we do, and how we think at: https://veritystudios.com/

We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, physical [dis]ability, gender identity or length of time spent unemployed.