{"id":1310097,"url":"https://alion.io/job/seasats-field-operator-vehicle-testing","title":"Field Operator - Vehicle Testing","company":{"id":2257692,"name":"Seasats","domain":"seasats.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/seasats","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Breezy","truth_index":null},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["San Diego, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":80000,"max":105000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":105000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T16:22:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-30T20:11:04Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Role: Field Operator - Vessel Testing\nLocation: San Diego, CA (in-office)\nSalary Range: $80,000 - $105,000 / yr + stock options, 401k matching, and other benefits\nRole Overview:\nAt Seasats, we take pride in building autonomous boats that reliably complete critical missions. One way we ensure this is by thoroughly testing each vessel and payload before it goes to a customer. In this role, you will launch vessels, conduct test missions, and document key information. You’ll specialize in maritime operations, working closely with our production and engineering teams.\nRole Details:\nYou’ll be based out of our San Diego office. Most days, you will split your time between our headquarters and local boat ramps, helping with vessel prep, transportation, operations, and oversight. Some specific tasks might include:\nLaunching and recovering unmanned vessels\nDriving small boats, primarily in sheltered waters but occasionally in open ocean\nDeveloping and executing missions using Seasats’ proprietary control software\nHardware and software troubleshooting (both independently and in partnership with remote or onsite engineers)\nCompleting test checklists and logging unexpected or problematic vessel behaviors\nWriting test reports\nMaintaining clean and functional water operations equipment\nLoading, unloading, and driving vans, trucks, and trailers\nAbout You:\nYou’re deeply familiar with saltwater boat operations, either through work or extensive play. You’re level-headed, easy to work with, and organized. Specifically, you must be:\nConfident applying COLREGS and basic maritime safety procedures\nExperienced operating gas/diesel engines\nComfortable working outside year-round (in San Diego)\nAble to adapt to shifting priorities and occasional non-standard hours\nExperienced driving drones or other RC vehicles\nIn possession of a valid driver's license and California boater card (or equivalent)\nAble to move heavy objects (trailers, Lightfish, etc.) and use hand tools\nAdditionally, it’s nice if you have:\nElectronics and/or software troubleshooting experience\nUSCG Captain’s License or similar certification\nExperience working with military and/or Coast Guard personnel\nA forklift certification\nDue to export control requirements applicable to this position, we are only able to consider U.S. persons, as defined by U.S. export control laws. This includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and individuals granted asylee or refugee status.\nAbout Seasats:\nAt Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are unmanned surface vessels (USVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our USVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.\nAlong with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:\nStock options\nCompetitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)\n401k matching up to 4% of salary\nFour free lunches per week\nAn employee activity fund\nA pet-friendly office\nUnlimited/Flex PTO\nHiring Notes:\nWhen applying, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions.\nPlease note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.\nWe appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.\nWe look forward to reviewing your application!","description_format":"text","description_chars":4274,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Stock options"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T15:32:26Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.859,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":37,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":105000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/seasats-field-operator-vehicle-testing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/seasats-field-operator-vehicle-testing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T01:46:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1276,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3724,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}