UAS Operator 3 (Remote/Deployable)

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.
• Collects and analyzes data obtained from flights; completes post-mission reports/logs.
• Collaborates with team members and customers to plan and execute UAS missions.
• Performs UAS and ground support equipment testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Collaborates 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Willingness 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.
• Active DoD Secret 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

Insitu offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retail savings plans.
• Life and disability programs.
• A number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

Pay

Typical Hiring Range: $30,400 - $41,800

Schedule

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.