Flight Control Operator
Are you someone who:
Enjoys building deep expertise in complex systems
Thrives without a reliable script to follow
Is interested in building real-world-applicable intuitions for wind patterns and forecasts
Then you might be a good fit for WindBorne’s Flight Control Operator role!
WindBorne Systems operates the world's largest constellation of autonomous weather balloons. We achieve full atmospheric coverage by launching balloons spread across time and space, but sometimes need to navigate them to specific locations—like into the eye of a typhoon. Balloons navigate by changing their altitude: drop ballast to ascend, or vent gas to descend. Different altitudes have different wind speeds and directions, so if you understand the wind field, you can route a balloon anywhere in the world. In practice, flight control is a mix of meteorology, physics, and operational judgment.
The role:
You'll become an expert at flying our balloons. We're not looking for someone to just follow procedures, we want you to get better at this than we currently are. Balloons fail often – sometimes from hardware issues, sometimes from weather, sometimes from our own mistakes. We la
