Job duties and responsibilities: The incumbent will lead a team of engineers, technicians, and professionals supporting the maintenance and deployment of MBARI's fleet of autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, including Dorado-class deep water AUVs, Tethys-class Long Range AUVs, and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs). Ongoing research programs range across autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicle systems, control technologies, ocean physics, chemistry, geology, biology, ocean instrumentation, and information management.