Drilon is a researcher in the field of high-strength steel structures in scaffolding and crane construction at the Technical University of Munich, Chair of Metal Structures. Moreover, he was employed at the ITKE as a researcher in the field of structural design for fiber composite structures. He gained practial experience during his internships at schlaich bergermann partner, Zilch+Müller Ingenieure and Grassl Ingenieure GmbH.