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The Launch & Deployment Manager owns each new site from approval through first delivery and into stable operations. You build the critical path across site readiness, electrical and power infrastructure, permitting, flight operations, maintenance, and partner readiness, and you are the launch captain on the ground who finds the blocker and drives the decision.\nThis is not a coordination desk. Every Flytrex site is a physical build with real power needs: drone hubs, chargers, cameras, RTK, networking, and either utility service or a generator behind it. You own that electrical build-out directly: you scope it, get the utility and the city to say yes, manage licensed electricians through inspection and energization, and make sure the chargers have the watts they need before the first drone flies.\nKey Responsibilities:\n1. Launch Ownership\nOwn new sites from approval through launch and stable operations to hit target go-live dates.\nBuild and run critical path plans covering site readiness, power, permits, operations, staffing, and partners; address risks early with solutions.\nAct as on-ground launch captain to clear blockers and escalate decision-ready options to leadership.\nEnforce go/no-go criteria across infrastructure, safety, and flight readiness, running acceptance checkouts before first flight.\nLead post-launch reviews to update playbooks for faster, lower-cost future rollouts.\n2. Site Selection & Feasibility\nAssess candidate sites for power, access, line of sight, and permitting before lease signing or date commitments.\nProvide technical go/no-go decisions from a deployment perspective and manage landlord/HOA requirements.\n3. Electrical & Power Infrastructure\nBuild load calculations and specify service sizes, panels, circuits, and conductor runs.\nDetermine site power setup (utility vs. generator/temporary) and oversee generator sizing, fuel, and runtime planning.\nManage utility applications, meter sets, and energization with local DFW providers.\nPull electrical permits, schedule inspections, and clear city corrections.\nScope work, bid, and manage licensed electricians through installation, inspection, and energization while managing budgets.\nVerify electrical installations against drawings before energizing hardware.\nInstall and commission hubs, chargers, and networking equipment, testing rated power load before handover.\nDeliver standard documentation including as-builts, one-lines, load calculations, and panel schedules.\n4. Permits, Municipalities & Regulatory Support\nSecure municipal permits, track approvals against launch timelines, and support local regulatory coordination.\n5. Vendors, Contractors & Budget\nManage contractors, equipment deliveries, and site logistics including truck outfits, fencing, and signage.\nManage site launch budgets, tracking spend and change orders to identify cost efficiencies.\n6. Handoff to Operations\nConfirm operational readiness and hand off fully tested, energized, and documented sites to operations.\nProvide initial operational support for power, charger, and generator troubleshooting until site stability is reached.\nWorking Conditions:\nBased in DFW; roughly half the week in the field across the metro; extended periods on site during launches, including launches outside DFW.\nValid Texas driver's license with a clean record; able to drive a box truck; lift 50 lb; work on ladders and outdoors in Texas summer.\nEarly mornings and weekends around launches and outages.\nRequirements\nRequired:\n5+ years in operations, launch, deployment, infrastructure rollout, or logistics, with a track record of owning complex launches that required multi-team alignment and a fixed date.\n3+ years of hands-on electrical or power infrastructure field experience: commercial or industrial electrical, EV charging installation, solar and storage, telecom or tower power, generator or BESS. You have scoped, wired, energized, or commissioned real installations, or managed licensed electricians who did.\nWorking knowledge of the NEC. You can build a load calculation, read a one-line diagram and a panel schedule, size a service and a generator, and know when work requires a licensed electrician.\nExperience working with utilities on new service and with city inspectors on permits, inspections, and corrections.\nExperience writing scopes, getting bids, and managing electricians, contractors, and vendors to drawings, budget, and dates.\nStrong field judgment: you can tell the difference between a plan that looks ready and a site that is ready, and you switch between executive updates and site-level detail without losing either.\nComfortable with low-voltage and basic networking (cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet) and GPS or RTK hardware.\nClear written communication. You document what you build and what you learned.\nStrongly Preferred:\nTexas journeyman electrician license, documented apprentice hours, or EVITP certification.\nGenerator experience: sizing, transfer, fuel, and maintenance.\nCity permitting and municipal approvals experience in Texas.\nOSHA 10/30 and NFPA 70E.\nNice to Have:\nAviation, drone or UAS, robotics, or autonomous vehicle operations background; FAA Part 107.\nExperience building launch playbooks, readiness checklists, or dashboards (Monday.com, Smartsheet, Looker).\nStartup or early-scale operations experience.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5417,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Robotics","Drones & UAVs","Drone AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T14:05:10Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-14T17:41:40Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/flytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/flytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T17:46:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22763,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":176362},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=176362"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fflytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fflytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fflytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/flytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fflytrex-launch-deployment-manager-dfw-12"}]}