Manager, Launched Effects Technical Operations
Core
Lead Technical Operations Engineers to forward deploy and operate small aerial drones (Altius) in austere environments, bridging product engineering with deployed military operations.
Role type
Manager, Technical Operations (Defense/Unmanned Aerial Systems)
Builds
Operational deployment of small aerial drones (Group 1-3) and associated test/evaluation events for military customers.
Domain
Defense technology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Field Operations
Deliverable
client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Leadership of large technical teams, technical field operations execution, operational and logistics planning, root cause analysis, hardware/software/networking troubleshooting, stakeholder communication, mentoring, security clearance management, physical endurance for field work
Preferred skills
Military or overseas contracting experience, long-distance logistics planning, work order management systems proficiency, networking and spectrum analysis
Technologies
JIRA, Foundry, Odoo
Responsibilities
Lead teams in forward deployment to customer locations and hazard zones; plan and execute test events and customer demonstrations; develop operational and logistics plans; troubleshoot complex hardware/software/networking issues in the field; conduct incident response root-cause analyses; oversee flight operations and interact with military customers.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership
