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Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility-without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.\nWith Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.\nAbout the Project:\nThe Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project is the first passenger carrying Automated Transit Network deployed by Glydways in the United States, running from the Airport SkyTrain at the Georgia International Convention Center to the Gateway Center Arena. It spans construction, system integration and testing, commissioning, and pilot passenger service alongside project sponsors, contractors, the operating organization, local authorities, and emergency responders.\nGlydways has established an independent Safety, Quality and Compliance organization, applying established transit and rail safety standards to a new class of automated technology. On the Atlanta site, the safety function owns the site safety management system, confirms that required controls are implemented before work and service proceed, and works in close partnership with Test and Commissioning, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, contractors, local authorities, and emergency responders to sustain them.\nAbout the Role:\nThe Test & Commissioning Lead / Central Control Operations Lead oversees safe, coordinated control-center and test-and-commissioning activities for the Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project. This role reports to the Operations Manager and provides operational command within approved procedures and delegated authority; leads readiness, escalation, incident response, and service restoration.\nLead daily Operations Control Centers operations and test activities, maintaining awareness of vehicles, infrastructure, service and test status, restrictions, and operating conditions.\nCoordinate startup, readiness checks, test and commissioning windows, controlled changes, service pauses, shutdown, recovery, and resumption.\nManage escalated alerts and major incidents, establish priorities, and coordinate E-Stop actions and emergency communications.\nCoordinate Central Control Operators, Field Operations, maintenance, engineering, safety, quality, technical support, and emergency responders.\nConfirm required test conditions, approved configurations, evidence, and technical and safety clearances before testing or service resumes.\nMaintain operational, incident, and test records; manage handovers and open actions; improve procedures and runbooks; and coach the team.\nThis is an in-person position in Atlanta, GA and will start as a one year contract. 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