Field Test Engineer

Location: Philadelphia

Department: Engineering

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Prepare for field exercises by identifying, sourcing and preparing UUV test and support equipment
• Write and execute day to day test operations plans and capture detailed daily operations and test reports
• Conduct daily UUV inspections and systems checks for the Ghostfin both before and after operations
• Coordinate regular UUV launch and recovery operations–you’ll be in the water most weekdays as we rapidly mature the platform
• Become the vehicle subject matter expert in the field, able to perform maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and upgrades in austere conditions
• Travel to client sites to train customer operators on vehicle functionality, deployment, retrieval, and mission planning capabilities
• Bring an operator's perspective to augment development, bringing constructive feedback to Engineering for UX/UI considerations, Standard Operating Procedures, and user documentation

• 4+ years working hands-on with a technical team through the full arc of integration, test, and field verification of a complex electromechanical system
• Comfortable becoming the go-to expert on a technical platform end-to-end
• Sharp, practical problem-solver who is at ease working across hardware, software, and networking boundaries, who can take an ambiguous, half-defined issue and work it methodically to a real answer
• Genuinely curious individual who picks up new technical systems and concepts on their own rather than waiting to be taught
• Highly organized and methodical, especially under pressure — someone who gets more deliberate, not reactive, when things get stressful
• Willing to be hands-on and in the field, not just planning from a desk
• Comfortable and confident working on the water — driving a boat, towing a trailer, handling dock lines, and generally at ease around marine equipment 
• Ability to lift and maneuver test equipment and vehicle components up to 50 lbs
• Travel 25-50% as needed

• Engineering Degree or comparable experience preferred
• Comfortable reading and working from technical documentation including mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, work instructions or equipment schematics
• Experience running functional checkouts or acceptance tests and knowing when to fix an issue on the spot versus flag it up the chain
• General Boating License