Perception Operations Survey Pilot
Zipline
About Zipline
About You and The Role
Are you an experienced drone pilot who loves traveling, exploring new places and meeting new people? You’ll be spearheading our data collection operations, using a keen eye for finding tricky situations and edge cases for our perception systems. You will have to be able to operate independently, find priority data collection opportunities, triage technical issues, and continuously improve operational procedures for best results and safety.
What You'll Do
- Plan and coordinate data collections according to project priorities and requirement, building an intuition for how our sensors interact with various environments to get the most useful data
- Engage with different aviation communities, building relationships to enable data collection opportunities
- Manage day-to-day operations of the collections including logistics, resource/equipment planning, and reporting
- Triage operational or technical issues & make recommendations for how to alter processes based on observations
- Collaborate with team members on data validation, deriving key insights, coordination & task prioritization, and communicate updates about fixes/edits to tools & programs used for collection
- Serve as a conduit between operational and technical teams, identify data gaps, and update information in internal planning tools and platforms as necessary
- Maintain equipment and a safe operating environment
What You'll Bring
- FAA Part 107 Certification
- Experience flying quadcopter drones, preferably manually and in the field
- Lift 25lbs when needed
- Ability to travel 30% of the time, up to 1 week at a time
- Must be able to relocate to Half Moon Bay, CA
Candidates should have some familiarity and experience with the below technical skills
- Hands-on experience working in a Linux/macOS command line environment
- Patience and diligence to ensure clean and accurate data
- Good communication and organizational skills
- Experience working with ambiguous requirements in a fast paced environment
- Experience managing multiple competing projects with limited resources
- 1+ years of experience managing drone operations and equipment
What Else You Need to Know
The starting cash range for this role is $28 - $38 / hour. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
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