UAV Operator, Maneuver Dominance

What you'll do

• Establish forward-deployed operations in austere environments and support successful employment and sustainment of products.
• Support autonomy development through test events and customer demonstrations.
• Work with engineering teams and customers to troubleshoot systems and help ensure mission success.

What they ask for

• Hands-on technical experience in field operations, manufacturing, or testing; prior military or defense contractor experience as a pilot/operator, network technician, or crew chief/maintainer.
• Understanding of flight operations, aircraft systems, and sensors; ability to troubleshoot complex hardware/software/operations problems and perform log-based root cause analysis.
• Prior operationally relevant deployment experience; ability to train peers or customers on product operation.
• Willingness to travel up to 80%, work extended hours, meet deployment health requirements, and obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience with developmental weapon or missile systems, or one or more listed areas including autonomy, air defense, propulsion, flight-line operations, or munitions handling.

Pay

$113,000 — $155,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, Rust, MATLAB, IP Networking, MANET, SATCOM, Behavior Trees, CV models

AI focus

Supports development and testing of vehicle autonomy, including autonomy-enabled UAV operations.