Saronic
Mission Operations Sustainment Engineer, MUSV
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in marine engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent operational experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- If based in the United States, the role requires U.S. Person status for access to export-controlled information or items.
About the job
Maintains Saronic’s autonomous medium unmanned surface vessels, supports field troubleshooting and technician training, and feeds maintenance findings into product reliability improvements.
What you'll do
- Assist with vessel maintenance, inspections, fault diagnosis, repairs, and maintenance documentation.
- Help develop and deliver maintenance training for military technicians.
- Capture field reliability data and communicate fleet health and readiness to engineering teams and customers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in marine engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent operational experience.
- Valid U.S. Coast Guard Third Assistant Engineer license (unlimited horsepower, oceans) with unrestricted STCW OICEW endorsement, STCW Regulation III/1.
- Experience maintaining marine propulsion, electrical, or mechanical systems aboard vessels; internship, co-op, or military training experience considered.
- Active clearance or ability to obtain one; willingness to travel up to 75%.
Nice to have
- Experience maintaining USVs, autonomous systems, or remotely operated maritime platforms.
- Familiarity with GPS-denied or communications-degraded architectures; prior SOF or government-agency experience.
Tools
diesel and/or electric propulsion systems, hydraulics, marine electrical systems, shipboard control/automation systems, GPS-denied, communications-degraded
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