ROV / Drone Technician
Builds, pilots, and repairs the ROV and surface-drone swarm that lets the League Observe and Document at distance.
Role Summary
The ROV / Drone Technician keeps the League's eyes in the water and the air — building, piloting, and repairing the remote-operated vehicles and the Argus Swarm of surface and aerial drones that let us Observe and Document without putting a hull or a hand at risk. Deploying from the RV Tidewright and the Petrel Wing flight detachment, the Technician configures optical, sonar, and sampling payloads for each tasked profile and streams positionally-tagged telemetry into NEREID for evidence and after-action review. The role is accountable for the serviceability of every unmanned asset and for the integrity of the footage that may one day be the only witness the League can put forward. When the swarm flies clean, an interdiction never has to happen at all.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate ROV, UAV, and surface-drone platforms of the Argus Swarm for survey, evidence capture, and net inspection within the Observe and Document tiers.
- Perform field repair, tether management, and pre-dive checks on the drone fleet, declaring each asset mission-capable before launch.
- Configure payloads — optics, sonar, sampling arms — for tasked mission profiles in coordination with Dispatch and Forensics.
- Stream and tag telemetry to NEREID with positional and timestamp integrity sufficient for evidentiary reconstruction.
- Maintain the spares inventory and serviceability board for all unmanned assets, flagging shortfalls to the Engineering Watch Officer.
- Recover, clean, and decontaminate vehicles after operations in contested or contaminated water.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on ROV/UAV piloting and maintenance experience.
- Electromechanical troubleshooting in marine environments.
- Familiarity with sonar, optical, and sampling payloads.
- Steady remote-piloting nerves in contested, low-visibility water.
Preferred Qualifications
- Aerial-drone certification and swarm-coordination experience.
- Composite and pressure-housing field-repair skills.
- Familiarity with the NEREID telemetry-tagging pipeline.
- Willingness to deploy on short notice across ocean basins.
Certifications
Curricula are delivered through the Training Academy; currency is tracked on the HR training matrix.
| Certification | Status at Hire | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| Remote-Vehicle Operator — Subsea & Aerial | Required | Annual |
| Survival at Sea — Basic | Required ≤ 60 d | Annual |
| Marine Electromechanical Maintenance | Required | 24 months |
| Argus Swarm Coordination | Preferred | Annual |
Physical & Hazard Requirements
- Work the rail during launch and recovery in moving seas.
- Pass annual sea-going medical and immersion-survival qualification.
- Handle pressurised housings and energised drive systems safely.
- Sustain concentration through long, low-visibility piloting watches.
Compensation Band
Career Path
The ROV / Drone Technician (O-2) advances to Engineering Watch Officer (O-3) or laterals to Biosystems Engineer for the shore-systems track. Technicians with sharp survey instincts cross-train toward the Field Recovery Specialist and Interdiction Pilot pipelines.
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