Principal Marine Robotics Service Specialist

    Highlights

    Feed field insights into Engineering, Production, Quality, and Service to drive reliability, corrosion protection, assembly, and serviceability improvements. Travel globally to troubleshoot and resolve advanced faults across electrical, software, mechanical, and system interfaces in subsea thrusters, actuators, and propulsion platforms.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Diego, CA

    Description

    Principal Marine Robotics Service Specialist

    Is this you?

    • Do you thrive on untangling tough electromechanical problems that others can’t crack?
    • Are BLDC motors, servo drives, sensors, and embedded controllers your comfort zone?
    • Do you enjoy hopping on a plane—about 50% of the time—to keep mission‑critical subsea equipment operating?
    • Can you turn deep diagnostics into clear reports, confident customer guidance, and lasting design improvements?

    What you’ll tackle

    • Travel globally to troubleshoot and resolve advanced faults across electrical, software, mechanical, and system interfaces in subsea thrusters, actuators, and propulsion platforms.
    • Lead root‑cause investigations; implement fixes, retrofits, and engineering changes on site.
    • Inspect installed systems and document findings with precise, actionable service reports.
    • Stand in as the customer’s primary technical representative during critical incidents.
    • Coach operators and maintainers through hands‑on training—inspection, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance best practices.
    • Help customers interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
    • Configure, monitor, and debug motor controllers and embedded systems with laptops, software utilities, and communication interfaces.
    • Use oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench supplies, and related tools to isolate component‑level faults.
    • Feed field insights into Engineering, Production, Quality, and Service to drive reliability, corrosion protection, assembly, and serviceability improvements.
    • Author and refine service manuals, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting flows, and training materials.

    What you bring

    • 8–10 years repairing complex electromechanical systems; proven ability to troubleshoot down to component and subsystem level.
    • Strong command of diagnostic software and control interfaces.
    • Proficiency reading electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical specs.
    • Clear, concise technical writing and reporting.
    • Self‑directed, customer‑facing problem solver who operates with minimal supervision.
    • Valid passport (or ability to obtain) and willingness to travel domestically and internationally about half the time.

    Core competencies

    • Electrical troubleshooting; DC power systems
    • Brushless DC motors; motor controllers/servo drives
    • Embedded systems; power electronics
    • Sensors and instrumentation
    • Wiring/harnessing; industrial connectors

    Nice to have

    • Experience with subsea/marine propulsion, ROVs, AUVs, underwater robotics, defense, or oceanographic equipment.
    • Military electronics, naval engineering, or marine technical background.
    • Field support for mission‑critical gear; familiarity with pressure‑compensated subsea equipment.
    • Customer training delivery; participation in root‑cause and reliability initiatives.
    • IPC certification or knowledge of electronic assembly workmanship standards.

    How success is measured

    • Fast, effective closure of customer technical issues
    • High customer satisfaction and responsiveness
    • Accuracy and quality of service documentation
    • Flawless execution of field upgrades and retrofits
    • Reduced recurrence of field failures
    • Actionable feedback to Engineering and Production
    • Demonstrable growth in customer technical capability through training
    • Clear contributions to reliability, serviceability, and documentation quality

    Tools you’ll work with

    • Diagnostic software; control interfaces and firmware tools
    • Multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies
    • Electromechanical systems and mechanical assemblies
    • RCA and failure analysis techniques
    • Subsea systems: thrusters, actuators, marine propulsion, underwater robotics

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