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Insitu

UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployed)

Bingen, WA · Remote

$18.75 - $25/hr

Insitu has an immediate need for a UAS Operator with previous Insitu product experience, ideally ... payload data, and provide high-touch customer service on our products. You will have the ...

Insitu, Inc.

UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployed)

Bingen, WA · On-site +1

$18.75 - $25/hr

Insitu has an immediate need for a UAS Operator with previous Insitu product experience, ideally ... payload data, and provide high-touch customer service on our products. You will have the ...

Insitu

UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployable)

Bingen, WA · On-site +1

Insitu has an immediate need for a UAS Operator with previous Insitu product experience, ideally ... payload data, and provide high-touch customer service on our products. You will have the ...

SixGen, Inc.

Red Team Operator

Alexandria, VA · On-site +1

$100K - $155K/yr

This position will be mostly remote with some travel. SIXGEN supports cyber and intelligence ... Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience developing payloads that bypass A/V and EDR solutions for ...

Spire

Senior Solutions Architect

Washington, DC · Remote

... payloads, and global infrastructure. The role of Senior Solutions Architect requires a deep ... operating small satellites. With an emphasis on our Space Services offering, you will build ...

Inversion

Director of Regulatory

Los Angeles, CA · On-site +1

$161K - $213K/yr

Own payload review coordination and launch site operator agreements * Manage NOAA Office of Space Commerce licensing for any remote sensing or Earth observation payloads * Coordinate FCC spectrum ...

Spire

Senior Solutions Architect

Boulder, CO · Remote

... payloads, and global infrastructure. The role of Senior Solutions Architect requires a deep ... Familiarity with satellite-based remote sensing and Earth observations techniques. * Familiarity ...

Spire

Senior Solutions Architect

Boulder, CO · Remote

... payloads, and global infrastructure. The role of Senior Solutions Architect requires a deep ... operating small satellites. With an emphasis on our Space Services offering, you will build ...

Scout Space

Senior Mission Systems Engineer

Reston, VA · On-site +1

$108K - $148K/yr

Support optical payload design concepts from whiteboard to launch, including development ... Our positions are based in Reston, Virginia, with much of our team operating in a hybrid or remote ...

Spire

Senior Solutions Architect

Washington, DC · Remote

... payloads, and global infrastructure. The role of Senior Solutions Architect requires a deep ... Familiarity with satellite-based remote sensing and Earth observations techniques. * Familiarity ...

Scout Space

Technical Program Manager

Reston, VA · On-site +1

$134K - $173K/yr

The TPM is responsible for driving the successful execution of complex payload programs, working ... Our positions are based in Reston, Virginia, with much of our team operating in a hybrid or remote ...

Accelint

USV Integration & Operations Technician

$72K - $90K/yr

Solutions are designed by operators who understand the mission, engineered for the conditions that ... USV Integration & Operations Technician * Full Time * Hybrid / Remote / Onsite The USV Integration ...

Scout Space

Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

Reston, VA · On-site +1

Work with payload subsystem leads to generate thermal design requirements * Build thermal models ... Our positions are based in Reston, Virginia, with much of our team operating in a hybrid or remote ...

Scout Space

Director of Engineering

Reston, VA · On-site +1

Drive execution of complex space payload programs and architecture decisions from concept through ... Our positions are based in Reston, Virginia, with much of our team operating in a hybrid or remote ...

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UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployed)

UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployed)

Insitu

Bingen, WA • Remote

$18.75 - $25/hr

Full-time

Medical, Life, Retirement

Posted yesterday

Job description

Insitu has an immediate need for a UAS Operator with previous Insitu product experience, ideally with the Integrator aircraft and/or Maritime deployments. You will play a critical role in operating and maintaining unmanned aircraft systems for various platforms. Your expertise will be utilized to coordinate customer missions, deliver full-motion video and payload data, and provide high-touch customer service on our products.

You will have the opportunity to be deployed around the world with our products to support our customer's important missions.

Responsibilities:

  • Operate unmanned aircraft systems in compliance with checklists and safety protocols.
  • Conducts preflight planning to include mission briefings weather forecasts, Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs), Special Instructions (SPINs) and airspace requirements.
  • Evaluates customer's mission requirements and determines operational needs.
  • Collect and analyze data obtained from flights; complete post-mission reports/logs.
  • Collaborate with team members and customers to plan and execute UAS mission.
  • Performs UAS and ground support equipment testing, troubleshooting and maintenance.
  • Coordinates with Company subject matter experts to resolve issues beyond the scope of field maintenance capability, as needed.
  • Conducts inventory of UAS spares/components and reports cycle counts.

Required:

  • Minimum 3+ years of prior experience operating and/or maintaining UAS platforms.
  • Knowledge and experience providing direct support and service to customers in a field environment.
  • Strong customer service background and excellent communication skills
  • Must be willing to deploy to remote and at times austere environments for 4-to-6-month assignments; willingness to travel up to 70% of the year.
  • Ability to pass customer-mandated medical, dental, and psychological pre-deployment screening process.
  • Ability to carry up to 40 lbs. and work in outdoor environments, including at times extreme high and low temperatures, and variable weather.
  • An active secret DoW clearance.

Preferred:

  • Maritime deployed experience.
  • Integrator, or RQ21 experience.
  • Experience delivering system training; ability to apply knowledge of instructional skills.
  • Current qualifications on ScanEagle or Integrator; Operator/Maintenance and/or Mission Coordinator qualifications
  • Other relevant experience working with UAS (ex. training, flight test, engineering)
  • Prior military experience or experience working with military customers.
  • Top Secret Clearance
  • Basic networking skills

Typical Education and Experience:

  • Associate degree in related discipline and typically 3 or more years of related experience or a comparable combination of education, military and/or work experience.

Offer contingent upon selected applicant providing a current FAA Class 2 Medical certificate.

Due to the rotational and assignment-based nature of this position, you are not required to live near the home offices in Bingen, WA / Hood River, OR, but may live remotely in the continental United States (excludes Hawaii, US territories, and foreign jurisdictions). Occasional travel to the Bingen, WA area may be required.

At Insitu, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
Insitu also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability programs and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire.
Please note that the salary information show below is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate experience, qualifications and work location.

Typical Hiring Range: 30.40 - 41.80

Insitu is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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