Field Service Engineer – Maritime USVs

HavocAI; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with matching

Unlimited PTO

Equity package

Work/home office stipend

Global Entry

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Job summary

HavocAI seeks an Engineering Field Service Technician to deploy, maintain, and sustain our uncrewed surface vessel fleet. This hands‑on role involves diagnosing and repairing issues, replacing components, and ensuring vehicle readiness during testing and customer deployments.

The position is based out of San Diego, CA or North Kingstown, RI with extensive travel across the U.S. and potential international assignments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of field service, maintenance, or hands‑on roles with electromechanical systems.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical and communications systems.
• Comfortable working in maritime environments and traveling frequently.
• Read and interpret drawings, wiring diagrams, and maintenance manuals.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites to perform maintenance, testing, and repair of USVs and subsystems.
• Diagnose, repair, and replace components while documenting changes.
• Coordinate with engineering for temporary fixes and long‑term actions.
• Install subsystems, hardware updates, and software updates on deployed vehicles.

Skills

Field service engineering

Electrical troubleshooting

Maritime environment experience

Mechanical assembly

Documentation & reporting

Travel readiness

Security clearance readiness

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology / Mechanical / Electrical

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Hi-pot testers

Serial communications analyzers

PCB schematics reading

CAD tools / SolidWorks

MS Office / SharePoint / Confluence / Jira

Job description

HavocAI seeks an Engineering Field Service Technician to deploy, maintain, and sustain our uncrewed surface vessel fleet. This hands‑on role involves diagnosing and repairing issues, replacing components, and ensuring vehicle readiness during testing and customer deployments.

The position is based out of San Diego, CA or North Kingstown, RI with extensive travel across the U.S. and potential international assignments.