Flight Control Operator

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $24 - $28 / hour

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WindBorne Systems

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 $5M Venture Round - WindBorne Systems on 2024-12

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

WindBorne Systems is a company that designs, builds, and operates a global constellation of long-duration, controllable atmospheric balloons to collect in-situ atmospheric profiles anywhere on Earth, including over oceans and remote regions. They combine this proprietary observational data with deep-learning forecast models (WeatherMesh) to produce AI-driven weather forecasts and deliver forecast-based products, APIs, and actionable intelligence for industries such as energy and government. WindBorne focuses on closing atmospheric data gaps, partnering with public agencies and philanthropic organizations, and scaling a commercial service (Atlas balloon constellation, data feeds, and forecast products) built and manufactured in the USA.

📋 Description

• Operate and become an expert at flying WindBorne’s autonomous weather balloons • Use wind-field knowledge to route balloons to specific locations worldwide • Navigate balloons by changing altitude through ballast release and gas venting • Develop new flight-control techniques and adapt as hardware and software evolve • Make rapid operational decisions under uncertain forecasts and varying balloon behavior • Decide when to avoid or pass through rough weather • Correct for forecast uncertainties and reach locations near the limits of the hardware • Learn from balloon failures caused by hardware, weather, or operational mistakes • Coordinate with engineering teams

🎯 Requirements

• Ability to learn independently in an environment where procedures are constantly evolving • Comfort prioritizing and making judgment calls in high-pressure, uncertain environments • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams • Willingness to work long or unusual hours • Weekend availability strongly preferred • Reliable internet required • U.S. citizenship required • Security clearance is not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Steady part-time work with regularly scheduled hours • Consistent schedule coordinated around availability and coverage needs • Opportunity to develop specialized expertise in flight control, meteorology, physics, and operational judgment