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Our mission is to deliver reliable, American-made drone technology that empowers operators in high-stakes environments.\nRole Overview\nThe Applications Engineer is a front-line technical expert responsible for ensuring customers achieve maximum performance, reliability, and operational success with Teal’s drone systems. This role blends hands-on field support, customer training, troubleshooting, and system integration-requiring strong technical capability, adept social awareness in technical environments, excellent communication skills, and comfort working directly with end users in demanding operational contexts. This position involves frequent on-site engagement to assist customers with setup, deployment, and operational guidance.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as a primary technical point of contact for customers during onboarding, deployment, and ongoing operations. \nTravel to customer sites to perform system setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and validation. \nDeliver operator and maintainer training, including classroom instruction and live flight demonstrations. \nDiagnose hardware, software, and network issues; coordinate with engineering teams to resolve escalations. \nSupport field evaluations, pilot programs, and acceptance testing for new or existing customers. \nCommunicate customer feedback, feature requests, and defect reports to product and engineering teams. \nCreate and maintain technical documentation, training materials, and troubleshooting guides. \nAssist with system integration efforts including radios, ground stations, payloads, and third-party software. \nRepresent Teal with professionalism in high-visibility customer and partner interactions. \nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Aviation Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). \nStrong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and networking. \nAbility to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. \nComfortable operating drones and performing field work in varied environments. \nBonus Qualifications\nHands-on experience with unmanned systems, robotics, RF communications, embedded systems, or similar technologies. \nPrior field engineering, applications engineering, or customer-facing technical support experience. \nExperience with mission-critical or defense-related technologies. \nFAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. \nSuccess Factors\nCustomer-first mindset \nStrong situational awareness and adaptability in the field \nClear, concise communication \nTechnical curiosity and a problem-solver mentality \nBackground Check\nThis position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. 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