UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist

*Peak Workforce Solutions (Newbold Services) is seeking a UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist for our client in Mauldin, SC who is a creative, energetic individual with a "Whatever It Takes" attitude in fulfilling their job duties.*

Responsibilities

• *The UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist*guides customer projects from initial needs assessment through deployment and operational handoff.
• This role combines technical consulting, project coordination, and hands-on UAS implementation.
• The successful candidate will assess customer requirements, recommend appropriate technologies, coordinate infrastructure and software integration, and help clients establish reliable operating processes..
• The specialist owns implementation and coordinate specialized expertise—including installation contractors, IT teams, software developers, manufacturers, and regulatory support—as projects require.

Customer Assessment and Solution Design

• Understand customer workflows, operational challenges, budgets, and desired outcomes.
• Identify where drone technology offers practical value and recognize when another approach may better serve the customer.
• Develop recommendations ranging from basic aircraft procurement to dock deployments and integrated automated workflows.
• Compare aircraft, payloads, docks, software, and service providers objectively, considering compatibility, support, security, ongoing costs, and vendor dependence.
• Prepare scopes of work, implementation plans, cost estimates, and measurable success criteria.

Procurement, Infrastructure, and Deployment

• Coordinate equipment selection, procurement, configuration, and initial testing.
• Assess deployment sites for operational suitability, connectivity, power, physical security, environmental conditions, and maintenance access.
• Coordinate dock and supporting infrastructure installations with qualified contractors, customer facilities teams, and technology providers.
• Establish practical arrangements for equipment storage, charging, battery management, maintenance, and spare parts.
• Conduct commissioning and acceptance testing to confirm that deployed systems meet agreed requirements.

Software Integration and Automation

• Work with customer IT and operations teams to connect UAS platforms and data outputs to existing business systems.
• Help define automated workflows, including mission scheduling, data processing, reporting, alerts, human oversight, and responses to system failures.
• Translate customer requirements into clear specifications for vendors and software developers.
• Coordinate requirements for network access, user permissions, cybersecurity review, data ownership, and storage.
• Identify technical and operational dependencies that must be resolved before advanced capabilities can be deployed.

Operations, Training, and Support

• Conduct demonstrations, pilot projects, and flight operations to evaluate proposed solutions.
• Develop operating procedures, training materials, and handoff documentation.
• Train customer personnel and clarify responsibility for ongoing program management.
• Support risk assessment and coordinate applicable operational approvals with appropriate expertise.
• Establish maintenance, troubleshooting, escalation, and support processes.
• Evaluate results against customer goals and recommend improvements.

Startup and Business Development Support

• Contribute technical content to proposals and customer presentations.
• Manage project scope, communicate progress, and identify changes affecting cost or delivery.
• Build relationships with manufacturers, software providers, and implementation partners.
• Stay current with UAS products, emerging capabilities, and industry developments.
• Help develop repeatable service offerings and implementation practices as the company grows.

Requirements

• FAA Remote Pilot Certificate under Part 107, with current eligibility to conduct commercial UAS operations.
• Hands-on experience operating UAS and working knowledge of current aircraft, payloads, software, and commercial applications.
• Experience helping establish or expand UAS infrastructure or operational capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience implementing UAS or comparable connected technology systems, with clear responsibility for project delivery.
• Ability to assess business requirements and translate them into practical technical recommendations.
• Working understanding of networking, communications, data workflows, and systems integration sufficient to collaborate with technical specialists.
• Ability to develop project scopes, cost estimates, implementation documentation, and customer training materials.
• Strong client communication, organization, troubleshooting, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage evolving priorities in a startup environment.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and perform fieldwork as projects require.
• Relevant implementation experience may include robotics, industrial automation, security systems, telecommunications, or similar technologies, alongside the required UAS experience.

Preferred

• Experience deploying UAS docking stations or remotely managed drone systems.
• Experience integrating drone data into GIS, asset management, inspection, maintenance, or security platforms.
• Familiarity with APIs, cloud platforms, mission automation, and software integration.
• Experience defining human oversight, exception handling, and recovery procedures for automated systems.
• Experience developing corporate drone programs, standard operating procedures, or pilot training.
• Familiarity with FAA authorization and waiver processes.
• Experience coordinating vendors, installation contractors, or technical subcontractors.
• Background in technical consulting, customer implementation, or solutions engineering.
• Direct coding experience is helpful but is not required for a role focused on solution design and implementation coordination.

Schedule

Monday to Friday - on site in SC - no relocation