Robotics Technician and Drone Pilot

Clobotics Wind Services, founded in November 2016 by former Microsoft and Intel executives, is a technology-based company located in Shanghai, Seattle and Denmark providing advanced hardware-software-cloud solutions for automating the operations and maintenance of wind turbine blades.

We serve manufacturers, owner/operators and service providers in the wind energy using drones and other robots to capture images and cloud-based artificial intelligence to analyze those images and generate business insights and recommendations.

The company has raised over $40 million of venture capital since its founding. We hire people who love challenges and are talented, passionate, and dedicated to achieving our mission of using the power of the cloud, robots and data analytics to help our customers improve their business performance.

Description

Clobotics Wind Services is looking for a Robotics technician/Drone pilot to help grow our wind turbine inspection operations in North America. The position is based in Seattle and may include frequent travel to wind farms in US and Canada.

The work is adventurous and multifaceted, and you will be a critical part of our team as we scale up service delivery in the Americas. This is customer facing role that requires working with autonomous drones to inspect wind turbine blades, frequent travel and teaching others to use Clobotics drones and robots. While working in our Seattle workshop you will perform maintenance, remote troubleshooting, equipment repair, help with writing documentation and with shipping.

Must be adaptable and have a sense of adventure. A focus on communication, teamwork and attention to detail will be important for your success.

Responsibilities

This position will work closely with the operations manager to deliver inspection services throughout the U.S.:

• Become an expert user of Clobotics autonomous drones and robots and provide product feedback to engineering department.

• Travel to windfarms across the U.S. to conduct blade inspections using autonomous drones and climb wind turbines to perform internal inspection using a robotic crawler.

• Support business development by performing demonstrations for potential customers.

• Work with engineering team to resolve technical issues, fix bugs, and test auto-flight software.

• Train new pilots and provide remote technical support to customers.

• Maintain, update and repair equipment.

• Ship equipment domestically and internationally.

• Create daily progress reports and document all safety and quality incidents.

Requirements

• Technical college or work experience in the wind industry

• Willingness to travel

• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record

• Ability to obtain a FAA drone pilot license

• Basic electro-mechanical troubleshooting

Desired

•Passport

•FAA sUAS pilot license

•Experience in the wind industry

•Experience with drones and robotics

•Flexible, energetic, and proactive.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $35