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<div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inspection Data Review Contractor</strong></div><div><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Deep Utility Infrastructure Experience Required)</em></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Company Overview</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Voltair builds drones that recharge directly off power lines. We are a YC-funded (W26) technology company focused on preventing wildfires by enabling continuous inspection of electric infrastructure.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Job Summary</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Location & Work Style</strong></div><ul><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Location</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">: Fully remote (U.S.-based)</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Schedule</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">: Part-time contractor, flexible hours</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Work Style: Independent, detail-oriented, asynchronous</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Compensation: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">$25–65/hour, depending on experience</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Key Responsibilities</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Judgment, Documentation, & Collaboration </strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Must support good design and organization of data.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Provide feedback to engineering teams to improve review tools and workflows</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Help refine definitions of defects, risks, and conditions utilities care about</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Minimum Qualifications</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Required Experience</span></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Deep, hands-on experience maintaining, repairing, or inspecting power utility assets. </span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Strong familiarity with distribution infrastructure components and failure modes</span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Practical Requirements</span></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Strong attention to detail and consistency</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Ability to work independently with minimal supervision</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Ability to review imagery for extended periods</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Reliable computer and internet access</span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bonus Qualifications</span></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Experience with annotation or structured review tools (training provided)</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ideal Candidate Profile</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.</span></div>

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