Imaging System Quality Technician

About Overwatch:

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.

Flight Operations Oversight: 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.

Product Assembly and Subsystem Build and Test: Using technical drawings, specifications or work instructions, to build cable harnesses, electro-optic subassemblies or final products for delivery to customers.  Sets up and operates production equipment to support good manufacturing practices. 

Identify Problems and Suggest Improvements: Identifies and debugs problems in processes, products, equipment and works for solutions.  Assist design engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes and new products.

Production System Quality: Completes component, subassembly and imaging payload system verification testing; identifies and pursues reliability improvements and cost reduction opportunities; and ensures repeatable performance of delivered systems.

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:

Growth Opportunities: As a team member of a true startup, you will learn by doing and shape our future. The opportunities are limitless for those who want to grow their career.

Impact Opportunity: We work on missions that matter to keep people safe and make the world better, and we do it without bureaucracy at the speed of a startup.

Team Collaboration: Work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with amazing teammates. The Overwatch Imaging leadership team believes in an open-door policy, meaning everyone has a voice and access to guidance, advice, feedback, and the ability to pitch crazy new products or ideas.

Time Off: Generous PTO to empower employees to make decisions about work life balance based on work and home needs.

Holidays: Overwatch Imaging recognizes 10 company holidays.

Ownership: Equity/Stock Options in our rapidly growing company.

Health Benefits: Medical/Dental premiums 100% covered by Overwatch Imaging for employees and their families, plus available pre-tax health savings account.

401K: Employer matching contributions up to 4% of pay.

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.