# Forward Deployed Drone Technician

About Us Swan delivers the future of defense and industry through scalable autonomous products. Swan is backed by leading defense VCs including a16z's American Dynamism fund. Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Forward Deployed Drone Technician who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software on the bench and in the field. This is a technician role focused on building, integrating, and provisioning our autonomous aerial systems, then deploying alongside our engineering team to keep them mission-ready during flight tests, demonstrations, and customer operations around the world. You will assemble and provision our pods and pod components, load and update firmware and software, and troubleshoot hardware and software in dynamic, high-stakes environments. You are equally comfortable with a torque driver and a Linux command line, adaptable under pressure, and willing to travel internationally to Ukraine to put our systems directly into operators' hands. Key Responsibilities Assemble, integrate, and provision Swan's pods and pod components, mechanical build-up, electronics and cable/harness installation, and end-to-end system checkouts. Install, update, and troubleshoot firmw

- **Id**: 1302694
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/swan-forward-deployed-drone-technician>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-24T14:01:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T12:17:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 79
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5315
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Defense AI, Drone AI

## Company

- **Id**: 3787237
- **Name**: Swan
- **Domain**: swan.tech
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/swan-6>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 80000
- **Max**: 140000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 140000

## Technologies

- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no
- **ArduPilot** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 79

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-26T12:14:29Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 13
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.477
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 78
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 140000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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