About Overwatch Imaging:
Overwatch Imaging is an imagery intelligence technology company working to bring sensor autonomy to time-critical airborne search, detection, tracking and monitoring missions. Our Automated Sensor Operator (ASO) software, native to our own line of purpose-built Smart Sensors and as an upgrade for airborne video gimbal platforms, brings Superhuman Vision and Workload Reduction to users of real-time imagery intelligence systems. We fundamentally believe that modern edge processing and AI-enabled autonomy can perform an important set of time-critical imagery intelligence missions better, faster and more safely than humans can alone.
Founded in 2016 in Hood River, Oregon, we support private sector companies as well as federal, state and local agencies around the world with missions ranging from wildfire mapping and disaster response to law enforcement, border security, maritime domain awareness and tactical intelligence.
About this Role:
The Overwatch Imaging Quality Technician will work with a multi-disciplinary team to test Overwatch Imaging Smart Sensors against company and customer contractual requirements with a focus on quality. The role will also collaborate with Production and development teams throughout the product design lifecycle, providing critical feedback to create effective and robust systems that meet customer demand. The Imaging System Quality Technician will follow and help implement standards, practices, and procedures for software and hardware testing, and will complete system testing against company and customer requirements.
What You’ll do:
- Product Acceptance Testing: Using product requirements and defined test plans to ensure mission success. Tests and evaluates systems against the requirements for each customer delivery.
- Manages the Overwatch Imaging flight test program including selection, procurement and maintenance of flight test assets, relationships with supplier-contractors, and administration of related safety and use policies.
What You’ll Bring:
Experience and Education:
- Demonstrated experience coordinating Integration and Test Activities for fixed wing, rotary wing and unmanned aircraft systems, across multiple organizations
- Experience with developing and enhancing test plans, procedures and reports.
- Education and hands-on experience in electronics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, robotics or related fields
- Experience in aerospace and defense, particularly with mid-sized unmanned aircraft and/or airborne imaging systems.
- Experience with electro-optical remote sensing systems, digital image signal transmission, communications protocols, and rapid prototyping.
- IPC-A-610 or similar certification, and/or airborne systems maintenance experience is preferred
- 1 to 3 years of relevant experience required
Character Attributes:
- Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, venture-backed startup business environment
- Motivates and inspires teammates by demonstrating a prodigious work ethic
- Collaborates well in a small team environment with teammates and customers
- Enjoys hands-on work, learning new skills, and taking responsible risks
- Takes pride in seeing new products reach operational use quickly
- Position could require business travel up to 10% in a year
- Position requires work in/around aircraft
What We Offer:
All applicants must be authorized to work on a permanent basis in the United States.
Overwatch Imaging is an equal opportunity workplace and makes employment decisions based on merit and business needs, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected personal characteristic.
Export Control Compliance Notice
This position may involve access to data, technology, or software that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to obtain any necessary export authorization, as determined by an export compliance assessment conducted by the company.
