We are turning the real world into a digital one, with accuracy down to the smallest detail. Imagine a near future where everything you see can be explored through data delivered by Kelluu, and where AI works continuously across that data to find what you need to know. Every building in every city, every tree in every forest, every power line in every electrical grid.

We're a Finnish Series A deep-tech company, headquartered in Joensuu with offices in Helsinki and Tampere — and now in Canada at Area X.Our technology is flight-proven and operational. We're a NATO DIANA Phase 2 alumni with several thousand hours of autonomous BVLOS flight experience, active programmes across multiple NATO nations, and a rapidly growing international team.

We operate in both defence and commercial markets: the same technology that supports security also monitors critical infrastructure and the environment. Our autonomous airship technology has explicit applications across Canadian defence, commercial and dual-use programs, and we've set up shop at Area X.We need someone in Ottawa who can run development programs end-to-end: managing customer relationships, translating requirements into engineering work, coordinating with our teams in Finland, and keeping multi-workstream projects on time, on budget, and on spec. Alongside that, you'll be our boots on the ground while we set the Canadian operation up: getting the office at Area X.O running, finding local subcontractors, and scouting locations for ground bases and eventually manufacturing.

Your main job is the customer interface: being the local link between our Canadian customers and our R&D;, software, and flight operations teams in Finland. Coordinate multi-workstream development work. Our programmes span hardware, software, systems engineering, and flight operations.

Be the customer interface. You build trust, manage expectations, and make sure they always know where things stand — together with our sales/commercial team. Translate customer requirements into engineering action.

You'll turn what customers need into clear,



actionable tasks the engineering teams can execute on. You'll coordinate between local Canadian work and our engineering teams in Finland, making sure the two sides operate as one. Setting up the office at Area X.From there: finding and screening local subcontractors and suppliers, helping identify locations for ground bases and eventually a factory, handling local practicalities and site visits, and making the most of the Area X.You'll work in close collaboration with our Engineering, production and SW teams in Finland, our Operations team, and the commercial team working Canadian accounts.

You'll report to Head of Engineering and Production. Day-to-day, you'll work directly with our Canadian customers and act as the primary connective tissue between them and our development teams. As Kelluu's Canadian presence grows, so does your scope: more operations and missions, more customers, and in time a local team.

Fully onboarded and got up to speed on our technology, our processes, and customers Built relationships with the customer, the Area X.The customer sees you as a reliable, proactive partner First rounds of subcontractor and location legwork delivered against briefs from Finland Programme milestones delivered, with schedules, budgets, and reporting under control You're recognised inside Kelluu as the person who ships and gets things done A formal project management background is welcome, but it is not a requirement. If you have built up broad hands-on engineering experience and grown into coordinating projects, customers, and suppliers along the way, that can be exactly what this role needs.





Experience running technical projects in engineering or R&D; environments — as a project manager, or as an engineer who has carried that responsibility Excellent stakeholder management. The ability to translate customer requirements into actionable engineering tasks and coordinate execution across teams A technical background to credibly understand aerospace, UAV, or similar complex systems Part of this job is unglamorous groundwork — viewing sites, chasing suppliers, sorting out an office. Strong communication skills across international teams, including the seven-hour time difference with Finland Comfort with modern office and AI tools.

We're building an AI-enabled organisation and we expect you to be up to date with how to work smarter Willingness to travel for site visits across Canada, to customer sites, and to Finland — plus a valid driver's lisence Fluency in English.

Experience with airborne systems, defence projects, or dual-use technologies A local network in the Canadian aerospace or defence supplier base Experience as an early hire at a new site or in a new market Working French Our Head of Engineering and Production will ramp things up with you, and you'll take it from there What you build directly shapes how Kelluu delivers for Canadian customers and how we grow here This is a local hire — you are already eligible to work in Canada Setup: The tools you need to do your best work, plus a hybrid setup with travel to customer and candidate sites Due to the nature of our business in the defence and dual-use sectors, the selected candidate must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and eligible to obtain the relevant Canadian government security clearance. An existing clearance is an asset. Kelluu is a dual-use deep-tech company at the intersection of autonomy, AI, and aerial intelligence.

We build technology that serves both national security and society, and we take that responsibility seriously.

The flipside: things move quickly, priorities shift, and everyone wears a few hats. Reach out to Iida Mustonen, Head of People (iida.

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