Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Pilot
About The Position
Seasats operates a growing fleet of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) in real-world testing and customer environments. To support ongoing development, validation, and operations, we’re hiring an ASV Pilot to remotely operate, monitor, and support these vehicles during daily missions. In this role, you’ll be responsible for piloting ASVs through our control interface, monitoring vehicle health and mission progress in real time, and supporting testing and customer operations as they happen. Your judgment and attention directly impact vehicle safety, mission success, and how our systems evolve. At Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our ASVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.
Requirements
- Attentive, reliable, and detail-oriented
- Comfortable operating software-driven systems and dashboards
- Calm under pressure and able to respond quickly to changing conditions
- A clear written and verbal communicator
- Willing to work non-traditional hours when required
- Safety-conscious and thoughtful in your decision-making
Nice To Haves
- Experience operating autonomous systems, robotics, or similar systems
- Maritime or boating experience
- Experience with testing, QA, or field operations
- Familiarity with mapping tools, telemetry, or monitoring systems
- Experience with video games, simulators, or RC vehicles
Responsibilities
- Remotely piloting Seasats ASVs through our control UI during testing and customer operations
- Monitoring live vehicle status, environment, and system behavior during active operations
- Responding to alerts, anomalies, or unexpected behavior in real time
- Executing test plans and operational procedures as defined
- Communicating observations, issues, and feedback clearly to engineering and operations teams
- Logging events, issues, and results to support debugging, validation, and iteration
- Contributing to improvements in testing procedures, tooling, and operator workflows
Benefits
- Stock options
- Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
- 401k matching up to 4% of salary
- Four free lunches per week
- An employee activity fund
- A pet-friendly office
- Unlimited/Flex PTO
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
