UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist

Peak Workforce Solutions (Newbold Services) is seeking a UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist for our client in Mauldin, SC who is a creative, energetic individual with a "Whatever It Takes" attitude in fulfilling their job duties.

The UAS Solutions & Integration Specialist guides customer projects from initial needs assessment through deployment and operational handoff. This role combines technical consulting, project coordination, and hands-on UAS implementation. The successful candidate will assess customer requirements, recommend appropriate technologies, coordinate infrastructure and software integration, and help clients establish reliable operating processes.. The specialist owns implementation and coordinate specialized expertise—including installation contractors, IT teams, software developers, manufacturers, and regulatory support—as projects require.

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Essential Functions:

• Customer Assessment and Solution Design
• Understand customer workflows, operational challenges, budgets, and desired outcomes.
• Identify where drone technology offers practical value and recognize when another approach may better serve the customer.
• Develop recommendations ranging from basic aircraft procurement to dock deployments and integrated automated workflows.
• Compare aircraft, payloads, docks, software, and service providers objectively, considering compatibility, support, security, ongoing costs, and vendor dependence.
• Prepare scopes of work, implementation plans, cost estimates, and measurable success criteria.
• Procurement, Infrastructure, and Deployment
• Coordinate equipment selection, procurement, configuration, and initial testing.
• Assess deployment sites for operational suitability, connectivity, power, physical security, environmental conditions, and maintenance access.
• Coordinate dock and supporting infrastructure installations with qualified contractors, customer facilities teams, and technology providers.
• Establish practical arrangements for equipment storage, charging, battery management, maintenance, and spare parts.
• Conduct commissioning and acceptance testing to confirm that deployed systems meet agreed requirements.
• Software Integration and Automation
• Work with customer IT and operations teams to connect UAS platforms and data outputs to existing business systems.
• Help define automated workflows, including mission scheduling, data processing, reporting, alerts, human oversight, and responses to system failures.
• Translate customer requirements into clear specifications for vendors and software developers.
• Coordinate requirements for network access, user permissions, cybersecurity review, data ownership, and storage.
• Identify technical and operational dependencies that must be resolved before advanced capabilities can be deployed.
• Operations, Training, and Support
• Conduct demonstrations, pilot projects, and flight operations to evaluate proposed solutions.
• Develop operating procedures, training materials, and handoff documentation.
• Train customer personnel and clarify responsibility for ongoing program management.
• Support risk assessment and coordinate applicable operational approvals with appropriate expertise.
• Establish maintenance, troubleshooting, escalation, and support processes.
• Evaluate results against customer goals and recommend improvements.
• Startup and Business Development Support
• Contribute technical content to proposals and customer presentations.
• Manage project scope, communicate progress, and identify changes affecting cost or delivery.
• Build relationships with manufacturers, software providers, and implementation partners.
• Stay current with UAS products, emerging capabilities, and industry developments.
• Help develop repeatable service offerings and implementation practices as the company grows.

Requirements:

• FAA Remote Pilot Certificate under Part 107, with current eligibility to conduct commercial UAS operations.
• Hands-on experience operating UAS and working knowledge of current aircraft, payloads, software, and commercial applications.
• Experience helping establish or expand UAS infrastructure or operational capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience implementing UAS or comparable connected technology systems, with clear responsibility for project delivery.
• Ability to assess business requirements and translate them into practical technical recommendations.
• Working understanding of networking, communications, data workflows, and systems integration sufficient to collaborate with technical specialists.
• Ability to develop project scopes, cost estimates, implementation documentation, and customer training materials.
• Strong client communication, organization, troubleshooting, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage evolving priorities in a startup environment.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and perform fieldwork as projects require.
• Relevant implementation experience may include robotics, industrial automation, security systems, telecommunications, or similar technologies, alongside the required UAS experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience deploying UAS docking stations or remotely managed drone systems.
• Experience integrating drone data into GIS, asset management, inspection, maintenance, or security platforms.
• Familiarity with APIs, cloud platforms, mission automation, and software integration.
• Experience defining human oversight, exception handling, and recovery procedures for automated systems.
• Experience developing corporate drone programs, standard operating procedures, or pilot training.
• Familiarity with FAA authorization and waiver processes.
• Experience coordinating vendors, installation contractors, or technical subcontractors.
• Background in technical consulting, customer implementation, or solutions engineering.
• Direct coding experience is helpful but is not required for a role focused on solution design and implementation coordination.