Mainblades

Mainblades empowers the aviation industry by automating aircraft inspection processes through the seamless integration of robotics and computer vision. Their solution enables digital automation of maintenance and repair processes, fitting into existing workflows to provide compliant, consistent output and high-quality insights. The company offers inspection drones capable of fully automatic flight, significantly faster than manual methods, and a data analysis platform for AI-assisted image analysis, damage detection, and customizable reporting. Mainblades aims to lead the transformation to data-driven aircraft inspection processes globally, focusing on flexibility, accuracy, and transparency in their operations. They support airlines and MROs with quick and consistent aircraft damage detection, assessment, and reporting for use cases like general visual inspections, lightning strikes, and paint inspections.

Aircraft InspectionAutomationAviationComputer VisionData AnalysisDronesMaintenanceRoboticsmainblades.com

Mainblades

Aircraft InspectionAutomationAviationComputer VisionData AnalysisDronesMaintenanceRoboticsmainblades.com

HQThe Hague

Team Size34

Open Jobs2

Total Funding-

Latest Fundraise9 years ago

Join the Team

Mobile Developer

HybridThe Hague, South Holland, NL

Hybrid • The Hague, South Holland, NL

At Mainblades, we’re redefining how airplanes get inspected. Our autonomous drone system captures high-resolution images, detects defects using machine learning, and is already being used in production at major airlines across the globe.

We’ve proven the concept. Now we’re scaling. And that means taking things from “works well” to “works everywhere, every time.” That’s where you come in.

We're looking for a senior mobile engineer to take the lead on our Android app. The app interacts with drone hardware, so we'd like you to work from our office in The Hague at least several days per week to ensure efficient development and testing with our drone hardware.

What you’ll do

The Android app is a central of our product. It enables aircraft maintenance crews to configure and monitor inspections and manages data flows before, during, and after flight (often in offline environments).

Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.

Product Designer

ContractHamburg, DE

Contract • Hamburg, DE

Software Engineer

Full-timeSan Francisco, US

Full-time • San Francisco, US

Backend Developer

InternshipNew York, US

Internship • New York, US

Frontend Developer

Full-timeAmsterdam, NL

Full-time • Amsterdam, NL

DevOps Engineer

Part-timeRotterdam, NL

Part-time • Rotterdam, NL

Frontend Developer

Full-timeTel Aviv

Full-time • Tel Aviv

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Mainblades

Aircraft InspectionAutomationAviationComputer VisionData AnalysisDronesMaintenanceRoboticsmainblades.com

Mainblades

Aircraft InspectionAutomationAviationComputer VisionData AnalysisDronesMaintenanceRoboticsmainblades.com

HQThe Hague

Team Size34

Open Jobs2

Total Funding-

Latest Fundraise9 years ago

Join the Team

Mobile Developer

HybridThe Hague, South Holland, NL

Hybrid • The Hague, South Holland, NL

We’ve proven the concept. Now we’re scaling. And that means taking things from “works well” to “works everywhere, every time.” That’s where you come in.

What you’ll do

Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.

Product Designer

ContractHamburg, DE

Contract • Hamburg, DE

Software Engineer

Full-timeSan Francisco, US

Full-time • San Francisco, US

Backend Developer

InternshipNew York, US

Internship • New York, US

Frontend Developer

Full-timeAmsterdam, NL

Full-time • Amsterdam, NL

DevOps Engineer

Part-timeRotterdam, NL

Part-time • Rotterdam, NL

Frontend Developer

Full-timeTel Aviv

Full-time • Tel Aviv

That means you’ll work on:

Syncing of inspection images, but also flight path and telemetry data, and enabling live video during inspections.
Integrating with multiple drone platforms, currently including a DJI drone with RC Plus controller and Freefly with Pilot Pro controller (Galaxy tab Active 3).
Building live 3D views using (OpenGL / Sceneform / Filament).

The responsibilities you will have:

Lead Android development for a mission-critical app.
Ensure stability and data integrity across offline/online transitions.
Build abstractions for multiple drone SDKs (DJI + MAVLink).
Implement robust comms with the flight computer (e.g. via protobuf).
Develop inspection monitoring tools (including 3D scene interactions).
Maintain the iOS version of the app (Swift) while we transition to Android.

The app must be highly robust and performant. It’s entering beta, and your role is to ensure successful transition to production level. You’ll work closely with robotics- hardware and the full-stack engineer(s) who built the current version and have significant ownership over its future direction.

What we’re looking for

You're a senior mobile engineer with experience building highly reliable apps. You’ve worked on products that involve syncing, offline use, or hardware integration. You understand how mobile apps behave in real-world network conditions.

Strong experience with Android (Kotlin).
Taking ownership, proactively exploring and proposing ideas without waiting for direction.
Experience with data synchronisation, offline-first design using a local database, and networking.
Comfortable working close to hardware and protocols.
Able to handle small-scale iOS work (Swift) until Android is fully rolled out.

Bonus points if you have experience with

Familiar with drone SDKs (DJI, MAVLink) or interested in learning them.
Experience with 3D rendering libraries (e.g. Sceneform, Filament, OpenGL).

You will be part of a dynamic, fun and driven team with a high degree of flexibility.

Competitive compensation that reflects your experience and impact.
30 vacation days + 8 flexible public holiday swap days.
Employee Incentive Plan, because we believe you should get a stake in what you help build.
Optional pension contribution (3rd pillar).
Fresh fruit, good coffee, and fun colleagues.
A chance to shape not just a product, but an entire industry.