Facebook needs your help - if you know about drones, that is.
The social network has posted three new drone-related job openings within its Connectivity Lab. The postings—which come eight months after Facebook's acquisition of U.K.-based Ascenta—include positions for avionics, thermal, and power systems and control engineers, for work on aircraft-related projects.
As reported by Re/code, Facebook is looking for associate and lead technicians to help assemble an aircraft's mechanical structure; they also want an engineer to "assist in the development, inspection, and testing of a high-altitude solar-powered aircraft."
As of press time, the Facebook Careers site was "under construction"; the company declined to comment.
A spokesman confirmed to Re/code, however, that while the new hires will report to Facebook's California offices, he or she will also work closely with the U.K. drone makers.
With the help of the five-person Ascenta team—who worked on early versions of Zephyr, the longest-flying solar-powered unmanned aircraft—Facebook hopes to expand its Internet.org project to include drone-powered Web access around the world.
In a March blog post, chief Mark Zuckerberg said Internet.org had "made good progress so far," citing work in the Phillippines and Paraguay, where 3 million people now have online access.
But connecting the whole world also means investing new technology, he said, adding that the Connectivity Lab team has been working on platforms "on the ground, in the air, and in orbit."
Snag a job on Facebook's drone-building team, and you may get to work alongside aerospace and communications tech experts with backgrounds at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, Ames Research Center, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.