Field Operations Lead
NODA AIDefense Tech company
Austin, United StatesLead
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bloomberg Beta
Booz Allen Ventures
Alumni Ventures Group
Draper Associates
Outlander VC
Operations & Strategy
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and grow the Field Operations team for autonomous orchestration systems.
- •We are seeking a Field Operations Lead to grow and lead our Field Operations team, a tight, high-trust, high-skill group of five, rapidly scaling to 10+, as it deploys our autonomous orchestration systems in demonstrations, test campaigns, and field exercises alongside Mission Operations and Engineering Operations.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead from the Field.
- •Serve as a senior on-site NODA representative and customer point of contact at multi-domain field exercises and demonstrations, directing setup/teardown, troubleshooting, and execution (including at overseas locations).
- •Help recruit, hire, and onboard Field Operations Specialists and own the onboarding curriculum that transfers both craft and strategic context.
- •Develop People and Teams.
- •Build the training program
- •certification pipelines (e.g., FAA Part 107), cross-training, and knowledge transfer
- •and coach each team member along distinct career lanes, building depth and redundancy in critical skills as the team scales.
- •Own the Safety Program.
- •Own flight-worthiness verification, integration timelines, and test review processes that maximize learning from deliberate R&D test attrition; ensure a safe, professional shop and field environment.
- •Integrate and Plan.
- •Lead operational coordination with Mission Operations and Engineering Operations
Required skills
Engineering ManagementStrategic PlanningProject Management
Domain expertise
defense