UAS Operations Specialist, Labs

The role

You will perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspection, and troubleshooting for a commercial drone fleet. You will also support flight testing and pilot duties to maintain operational readiness and safety.

What you will do

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance, inspections, and repairs.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot avionic, electrical, mechanical, and software system faults.
• Maintain detailed aircraft logs, component history, and airworthiness tracking.
• Conduct preflight inspections, airworthiness verification, and post-maintenance test flights.
• Manage spare parts inventory, tool control, and battery management systems.
• Collaborate with Flight Test and Reliability Engineering to evaluate hardware failures.
• Execute approved test plans and data collection objectives.
• Provide feedback on aircraft behavior and system performance.
• Identify hazards, aircraft discrepancies, and emerging risks.
• Support aircraft staging, equipment preparation, and site setup.

Required qualifications

• FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107)
• Practical experience in UAS assembly, maintenance, troubleshooting, or equivalent technical background
• Proficiency with hand tools, multimeter testing, soldering, and telemetry log analysis
• Ability to complete required training, knowledge and competency evaluations, and recurrent checks
• Ability to operate in outdoor environments involving extended standing and varying weather conditions

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

Before you apply

• Participate in the company's FAA/DOT drug and alcohol testing program
• Complete pre-employment drug screening

About the company

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery. They are looking for team members to help them expand from food delivery to all goods.