The Company
Founded in 2025 by Sam Rogers, who grew up managing 6,000 head on a North Queensland cattle station, Brumby builds autonomous drones that move and monitor cattle across the world’s largest properties. We’re replacing helicopters and motorbikes with drones that herd cattle, count herds, and monitor pasture on their own. Helicopter mustering is expensive, dangerous, and still misses cattle. Our drones launch from a dock, fly the paddock, do the work, and come home.
We went through YC (W26) and raised a seed round from the best investors in the valley. Our team is small and highly technical, and we’re already working with some of the largest ranches in the world. We’re based in Sydney, but our aircraft fly over some of the most remote country on earth. Expect to spend your days in the operations centre, in the workshop, and occasionally out on a station. We work hard because our ranchers do.
We now fly our own hardware, a purpose-built fixed-wing VTOL designed from the ground up for long-range work over cattle country. We are looking for a Remote Pilot to operate and monitor it from our Remote Operations Centre in Sydney. This is our first dedicated pilot hire, and you will help shape how Brumby runs flight operations as the fleet grows.
The Role
From our Remote Operations Centre in Sydney, you’ll oversee missions flying over cattle stations thousands of kilometres away, watching over aircraft as they launch from the dock, muster and count cattle, inspect fence lines and water troughs, and come home.
This is not a typical job. Our aircraft is still evolving, so you’ll be flying new hardware as it comes off the bench, and your feedback will go straight to the engineers building it. When the aircraft aren’t flying, you’ll be hands-on in the workshop, helping prep, wire, and repair them.
Flights often start from 4AM and run on weekends, so you’ll need to be comfortable with an operational roster rather than a nine-to-five. As we move towards one pilot supervising multiple aircraft at once, you’ll help build the procedures that make that safe.
What we’re looking for
Must-haves
You hold a current Remote Pilot Licence (RePL)
You have a 25kg powered lift endorsement on your RePL
You’re comfortable working early starts and weekends
You stay calm and make sound decisions when things don’t go to plan
You’re based in Sydney, and able to work on-site at our Remote Operations Centre in Alexandria
Strong advantages
You’ve worked in a remote operations centre (i.e. mining, or another 24/7 operation)
You’ve passed the IREX or BVLOS OCTA examination
You’ve served as a Chief Remote Pilot, or worked closely with one
You’ve done test flying on new or experimental aircraft
You’re handy with electronics, whether that’s soldering, crimping or wiring
The Work
Flying and supervising BVLOS missions over cattle stations from our Remote Operations Centre
Pre-flight checks, mission monitoring, and responding to anything unexpected in the air
Test flying new aircraft, hardware, and software, and feeding back to engineering
Hands-on prep, maintenance, and repairs on our aircraft fleet
Helping build the flight operations procedures that let us scale to more aircraft per pilot
The Setup
Based on-site at our Remote Operations Centre in Sydney
Early starts and weekend shifts as part of a regular operational roster
Full Australian working rights required
Work directly with the founder and the engineering team
Competitive salary and early stage equity
Application deadline: October 30, 2026, 5PM AEDT.