Deployment Engineer - Northeast
The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.
About The Team
The Customer Success team enables sales by winning the technical validation process, driving value to customers by seamlessly delivering services, and supporting customers with world class on-boarding and technical expertise. We are a rapidly growing team of passionate, mission driven UAS professionals, who sweat the details and ensure our customers are set up for success.
Location Preference
Candidates must be based in the Northeast, with the ability to travel regularly to client sites across New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine.
About The Role
We are seeking a Deployment Engineer with a deep sense of ownership to lead and drive all aspects of technical implementation, end to end usage and system maintenance for our cloud connected products. As Skydio prepares for a future of dock based vehicles remotely operated through an internet browser, we are seeking candidates with the technical capability to support these complex hardware, network installations & software integrations onsite and remote.
- Deep knowledge in WiFi and cellular networking
- Experience troubleshooting connectivity issues
- Become an expert on Skydio’s Deployment products, processes, specifications, and product roadmap
- Deploy and ensure our cloud connected devices software and hardware are functioning and providing value as agreed in our customer’s ecosystem after it has been installed, configured, tested, and modified as per requirements
- Communicate with customers to ensure that all of their needs are understood and addressed
- Collaborate with various internal departments to ensure that they fulfill all customer requests
- Resolve complaints and keep track of all processes that pertain to the client’s needs
- Act as the customer’s representative to ensure that their demands are met with a focus on improving the customer experience
- Track and manage all implementation projects with our large enterprise customers for successful delivery of technology and services
- Develop and maintain deployment and installation documentation, and documenting Standard Operating Procedures for the customer to ensure proper usage and value out of deployment
- Quantify product feedback and brief executives to drive software and hardware engineering to better fit our customers needs
- Build customer loyalty through proactive support and account management
- Build scalable processes for installation of cloud connected devices on Enterprise grade secure networks
How You’ll Make An Impact
Work closely with internal teams to become an expert on Skydio’s Deployment products, processes, specifications, and product roadmap
Deploy and ensure our cloud connected devices software and hardware are functioning and providing value as agreed in our customer’s ecosystem after it has been installed, configured, tested, and modified as per requirements
Communicate with customers to ensure that all of their needs are understood and addressed
Collaborate with various internal departments to ensure that they fulfill all customer requests
Resolve complaints and keep track of all processes that pertain to the client’s needs
Act as the customer’s representative to ensure that their demands are met with a focus on improving the customer experience
Track and manage all implementation projects with our large enterprise customers for successful delivery of technology and services
Develop and maintain deployment and installation documentation, and documenting Standard Operating Procedures for the customer to ensure proper usage and value out of deployment
Quantify product feedback and brief executives to drive software and hardware engineering to better fit our customers needs
Build customer loyalty through proactive support and account management
Build scalable processes for installation of cloud connected devices on Enterprise grade secure networks
What Makes You a Good Fit
- 3+ years experience supporting cloud connected devices
- Experience with WiFi networking required
- Familiarity with cloud applications
- Familiarity with Linux OS
- Familiarity with mechanical / robotic systems
- Ability to travel 75% of the time
- Ability to acquire Part 107 certificate
Nice To Have Experience
- In areas such as Mapping, Surveying, Photogrammetry in the Utilities or Public Safety industries
- Basic software development knowledge (scripting)
- Working knowledge of REST APIs and experience working with customers to implement and test integrations (basic scripting, testing, documentation)
- Cloud Certifications
- Degrees in Computer Science, GIS, Engineering, Geography, etc.