Company Overview
We are a YC-funded (W26) technology company focused on preventing wildfires by enabling continuous inspection of electric infrastructure.
Our drones collect large volumes of visual and sensor data from live power lines. That data must be reviewed by people who know the grid from firsthand experience.
Job Summary
Voltair is hiring an Inspection Data Review Contractor to support utility inspection programs across the United States. This role is focused exclusively on reviewing drone-collected inspection data and identifying infrastructure conditions that matter to utilities.
This is a fully remote, desk-based role. It does not involve flying drones, field deployment, or crew management. This role requires deep, hands-on experience maintaining and repairing power utility infrastructure. Candidates without direct field experience working on distribution or transmission systems should not apply.
Location & Work Style
Compensation: $35–$45/hour + $0.50/pole, depending on experience
Key Responsibilities
Review and analyze drone imagery and inspection data of electric utility poles to identify maintenance exceptions across distribution assets, including insulators, wooden structures, hardware assemblies, transformers, fuse cutouts, capacitors, tie wires, and related equipment.
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Judgment, Documentation, & Collaboration
Minimum Qualifications
Required Experience
Practical Requirements
Bonus Qualifications
Ideal Candidate Profile
This role is best suited for a retired or semi-retired journeyman lineman or utility asset inspector who has spent years identifying, fixing, and prioritizing real asset defects in the field.
Voltair is building the world's first globally distributed network of autonomous drones for Earth observation.
Power utilities are the perfect first customer. Aging infrastructure and extreme weather drive the need for millimeter-scale inspection data on the power grid. Utilities spend tens of billions of dollars every year just looking at their own equipment. Autonomous drone fleets will enable utilities to inspect 7 million miles of infrastructure more frequently, quickly, and accurately. Our long-range, weatherized flying robots work with charging pads installed directly on utility poles. Each new pad unlocks 1000 square miles of coverage.
With a charging network deployed on the power grid, we can serve existing multi-billion dollar data markets in road, rail and telecom inspection at 10x lower prices while enabling entirely new applications in hyperlocal weather monitoring, forestry, construction, search & rescue, and insurance.
We envision a future in which drone "instances" are requested on-demand through our platform, enabling any application builder to serve these critical markets without ever operating their own hardware.
Salary
$35 - $45
Location
Remote
Experience
6+ years