Production Build Support (Contract)

Zeitview (formerly DroneBase); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 89,544,000 - 103,320,000; Part time

Job summary

The role requires comfort with soldering, crimping, wiring, and following/creating build instructions; onsite presence for the contract duration is required. The rate is $32.00 USD per hour, with 3–6 months engagement, 3–5 days per week depending on offer.

Qualifications

• Experience assembling electromechanical hardware in production or prototype environments.
• Comfort with wiring and harnessing: crimping, soldering, connector assembly, continuity checks.
• Ability to follow and improve detailed build/test procedures.
• Clear written communication for build documentation and status updates.
• Available onsite for the duration of the contract.

Responsibilities

• Support builds of robotic crawlers, drones, and payloads
• Manage inventory and the build workspace, ensuring parts/tools availability
• Follow, create, and update build procedures to standardize builds
• Create electrical harnesses for power and data
• Provision electronics and conduct hardware/software validation tests following instructions
• Document build progress and deviations
• Communicate status on build progress and issues encountered

Skills

Electromechanical assembly

Soldering

Crimping

Documentation

Onsite availability

Tools

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Bench power supply

Job description

Location: *Austin, TX (onsite - 10415 Old Manchaca Road, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78748)
Type: Contract (3–6 months) Start Date: As soon as possible

About Us

Zeitview is the leading intelligent aerial imaging company for high-value infrastructure, providing businesses with actionable, real-time insights to recover revenue, reduce risk and improve build quality. We serve customers in the solar, wind, insurance, construction, real estate, and critical infrastructure industries. Trusted by the largest enterprises in the world, Zeitview is active in over 70 countries. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure through advanced inspection solutions. Take a look at our latest achievements here!

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Production Build Support contractor to help us build and ship robotic crawlers, drones, and payloads. You'll work onsite alongside our hardware team, keeping the build workspace organized and stocked, assembling and validating units, and making sure our build procedures are documented and repeatable.

This is a practical, floor-level role for someone who is comfortable with a soldering iron, a crimp tool, and a parts bin — and who takes pride in doing things consistently and writing down how they were done.

What You'll Do

• Support builds of robotic crawlers, drones, and payloads
• Manage inventory and the build workspace, ensuring we have the parts and tools needed
• Follow, create, and update build procedures, ensuring builds are standardized
• Create electrical harnesses for power and data
• Provision electronics and conduct hardware/software validation tests following provided instructions
• Document build progress and deviations
• Communicate status on build progress and any issues encountered

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience assembling electromechanical hardware, ideally in a production or prototype environment
• Comfort with wiring and harnessing: crimping, soldering, connector assembly, continuity checks
• Ability to follow detailed build and test procedures precisely, and to improve them where they're unclear
• Clear written communication for build documentation and status updates
• Available onsite for the duration of the contract

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with drones, robotics, or other mobile hardware platforms
• Familiarity with basic test equipment (multimeter, bench supply, oscilloscope)
• Exposure to firmware flashing or hardware/software validation workflows

Details

• Contract engagement, 3–6 months, with schedule (3–5 days per week) to be agreed at offer
• Onsite in our Austin office

This role has an hour rate of $32.00 USD/hour. Actual compensation may vary based on experience and skills.

Zeitview is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Zeitview, we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce that includes age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion or veteran status, that is representative of the world around us, where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity - and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better, and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation.

We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for seriously held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.