Remote Assistance Operator

Avride • Austin, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is critical to ensuring fleet safety and reliability during the transition to fully driverless operations — without an onboard safety engineer. The ideal candidate will have experience in technical support, dispatch, or operations, strong decision-making skills, and high attention to detail. This person will also have a basic understanding of autonomous vehicle systems or a strong willingness to learn.

Requirements

• 1+ year of experience in a live operations environment, such as autonomous vehicle fleet operations, teleoperations, dispatch, systems monitoring, or a similar real-time role
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues and documenting escalations
• Comfortable monitoring live camera feeds or system data to identify and respond to issues in real time
• Experience using Jira, YouTrack, or similar ticketing systems
• Basic understanding of U.S. traffic laws and right-of-way rules
• Clean driving record
• Strong written communication, organizational skills, and attention to detail

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or transportation technology
• Familiarity with AV data annotation, triage, or AI training workflows
• Technical background in robotics, automotive/EV systems, avionics, IT/network operations, or military UAV operations
• Experience participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or incident post-mortem reviews

Responsibilities

• Actively monitor an assigned vehicle using the Remote Command (RC) interface and multiple camera feeds.
• Proactively intervene when necessary using system tools.
• Log all interventions and key observations in real time (Notion/Google Sheets).
• Conduct post-trip reviews and flag any anomalies.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) sessions and contribute to the edge-case knowledge base.
• Track and report operational metrics.
• Ensure a clean shift handoff by communicating key context to the incoming Shift Lead.

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer Subsidized Healthcare Benefits thru our 3rd party employer of record partner
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance thru our 3rd party employer of record partner
• 401k package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed