UAS Flight Operations Specialist

Quadrant Inc

Winchester, VA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Content Development, Control Systems, Customer Relations, Customer Training, Debugging Skills, DoD Secret Clearance, Equipment Safety, Health Plan, Identify Issues, Military, Military Operations, On Site Support, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Product Demonstration, Root Cause Analysis, Safety/Work Safety, System Test, Systems Administration/Management, Team Player, Technical Presentation, Test Bench, Testing, Theater, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Curriculum, Training/Teaching Materials, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Wheel/Front-End Loader, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Winchester, VA
POSTED
7 days ago
UAS Flight Operations Specialist
Winchester, VA
Salary From: $110,000 per year


MUST:
Experienced UAS Flight Operations Specialist
Active DOD Secret is highly desired
8+ years professional experience
5+ years military UAS operations experience
5+ years UAS development experience
Experience integrating payloads and radios such as Trillium, Persistent Systems, and Silvus
Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
Ability to present technical data to a variety of audiences
Good at keeping complex systems working well and performing preventative maintenance
Good at maintaining a safe work environment and working to improve the safety of personnel and equipment
Friendly, collaborative, and tactful in conflict resolution
Experience with military, fixed wing VTOL or multirotor, and Group 2+ categories in theater are highly desired
Experience with SOCOM’s “Mod Payload” design standard
Experience with STANAG 4586 GCS with software such as Vigilant Spirit
Experience with multiple GCS software including QGround Control, Embention, Micropilot, Mission Planner
Ability to develop training curriculum content
Requires automobile trave to flight test ranges
CONUS and occasional OCONUS travel may be required for test flights, training, and field support.
UAS certifications highly desired
BS/MS – hard science degree highly desired

DUTIES:
UAS Flight Operations Specialist will apply their hard-earned field experience to build, demonstrate, and test hydrogen powered Hybrid VTOL and Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Support and/or perform flight tests, technical demonstrations, and customer training plans as necessary. UAS Flight Operations Specialist will also be responsible for the overall state of health and readiness of the entire flight test system, including the Ground Control Systems, Ground Support Equipment and Air Vehicle
UAS Flight Operations Specialist will own the maintenance of logbooks and other system configuration records for the systems in their custody
UAS Flight Operations Specialist is expected to bring a pragmatic, real-world perspective to the team and will be relied upon as a member of the customer facing team throughout the development of the system. UAS Flight Operations Specialist will also be involved in the assembly of Air Vehicles, Ground Control Systems and Ground Support Equipment
This will also include the creation and fine-tuning of training instruction documentation in cooperation with other groups
UAS Flight Operations Specialist will also be a key contributor to subsystem bench testing, iron bird proof testing, diagnostic and debugging activities, and root cause analysis efforts led by engineering.
As a UAS systems expert, the UAS Flight Operations Specialist will play a key role in the development of the entire system
This will require the UAS Flight Operations Specialist to become intimately familiar will all areas of the systems to include the Air Vehicle (operations and maintenance), Ground Control Station and associated software/user interfaces, and all Ground Support Equipment. Previous engineering, UAS Operator/Maintenance Instructor, military instructor certifications/qualifications, and Field Service Representative experience and/or relevant education preferred
 

Quadrant is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability. “Healthcare benefits are offered to all eligible employees according to compliance mandated by the Affordable Care Act“.

About the Company

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Quadrant Inc

Quadrant is a full-life cycle staff augmentation agency providing a proven "rapid fire" approach in responding to the needs of our clients. Quadrant offers a comprehensive suite of staffing solutions for organizations in the Healthcare, Medical, Dental, Information Technology, HR and Government contract sectors.

Our clients have come to include some of the largest and most recognized brand named companies in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD metropolitan regions. Quadrant is a DOD TOP Secret cleared facility and holds a Maryland Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Virginia SWaM certification. Quadrant's clients are rapidly hiring a mix of healthcare, medical, dental, information technology, recruiting and HR professionals.

Quadrant is recognized as the largest Healthcare Staffing agency in the Washington DC area. We support every major healthcare system and thousands of area healthcare practices. Our healthcare division focuses on all clinical and nonclinical staff with the exception of physicians. Our database boasts hundreds of thousands of local screened healthcare professionals; the largest in the area. Our resources enable us to respond to our clients requests quickly, generally within 24 hours of request on mainstream orders.

Our Information Technology clients support a broad mix of commercial and federal government agencies. Our clients include government contractors who support projects with federal agencies such as U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health(NIH), U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, FDA, FBI, USPTO, DHS, DHHS, DOD, DOJ, DOE, DISA, and USPS. In addition to our federal portfolio, Quadrant also supports a range of commercial clients focusing in software, telecom, mobile, web and healthcare development.

Whether you are a job seeker or a company with open positions to fill we will bridge the talent gap. Contact any of our seasoned professional recruiters or account managers and we will walk you through our proven staffing methodology. We offer a consultative approach to both potential employee and employer. We seek the right match, at the right time, every time.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
2017
WEBSITE
http://www.quadrantinc.com/