Cyberhawk™

Equipment Manager

Cyberhawk™

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Upland • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $88,000 - $105,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Manage a team of Equipment Techs in SoCal and Sacramento
  • Maintain accurate inventory and real-time tracking of all drones, sensors, batteries, tablets, and accessories.
  • Ensure all equipment is airworthy, updated, standardized, and deployment-ready ahead of program start dates.
  • Build fleet configuration standards to ensure consistent, repeatable setups across all U.S. operations.
  • Own equipment staging, shipping, and logistics for large deployments, including seasonal surges.
  • Own the maintenance, servicing, and repair lifecycle for the entire U.S. fleet.
  • Use maintenance-hour and flight-hour data to build predictive maintenance models that reduce in-field failures.
  • Triage equipment issues and decide on in-house repair vs. OEM service.
  • Build and maintain relationships with major OEMs (DJI, Skydio, Freefly, Censys) to expedite repairs and negotiate favorable terms.
  • Partner closely with the Safety Manager to ensure compliance with FAA maintenance expectations and Cyberhawk’s QHSE protocols.
  • Maintain airworthiness records and update equipment documentation used during audits and client reviews.
  • Implement battery safety standards, hazardous materials guidelines, and field handling procedures.
  • Support investigations into equipment incidents or anomalies and lead corrective actions.
  • Design and implement scalable equipment processes capable of supporting multi-state, multi-client, multi-platform operations.
  • Build systems that enable field self-service on routine troubleshooting, reducing dependency on HQ.
  • Standardize equipment kits and workflows across PGE, SCE, and emerging utility customers.
  • Create documentation, playbooks, and training resources that eliminate single points of failure.
  • Develop equipment readiness dashboards and KPIs for leadership visibility.
  • Forecast annual equipment needs, platform refresh cycles, and battery replacement programs.
  • Model CapEx requirements aligned to operational scale and revenue targets.
  • Track repair spend, lifecycles, failure trends, and cost-per-flight-hour analytics.
  • Work closely with Operations, Project Management, Planning, Data Delivery, and Field Leaders to ensure equipment needs are aligned with project timelines.
  • Participate in new client kickoffs and operational planning sessions to determine kit counts and readiness dates.
  • Train leads, supervisors, and pilots on equipment standards, best practices, care, and troubleshooting expectations.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in UAV equipment management, aviation maintenance, fleet operations, or similar technical fields
  • Valid and current Part 107 license
  • Proven track record in either unmanned or manned system maintenance and repair
  • High level of computer proficiency and modern technology
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to concisely report task progress, upcoming deadlines, and issues consistently
  • Demonstrates financial mindfulness and follows procurement and purchasing procedures
  • Willingness to learn and process driven
  • Ability to work within the fast-paced, changing sphere of airborne operations in a start-up environment
  • Has experience with change management
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail
  • A “can do safely” and professional attitude
  • Good business judgment.
Benefits
  • Employee medical, dental and vision insurance paid for 100% by the company
  • Basic life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability covered 100% by the company
  • Other voluntary health benefits – hospital, accident, critical illness and voluntary life insurance
  • Paid company holidays, PTO and Sick time
  • 401k with a 5% company match
  • Discretionary Annual Performance Bonus
  • Pet-friendly office
  • Monthly adventure draw
  • Employee Referral Program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
UAV equipment managementaviation maintenancefleet operationspredictive maintenance modelsequipment stagingrepair lifecycle managementbattery safety standardshazardous materials guidelinesdata analyticsequipment readiness dashboards
Soft skills
written communicationverbal communicationfinancial mindfulnessorganizational skillsattention to detailproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadershiptraining and developmentchange management
Certifications
Part 107 license