Flight Operations Coordinator — South America
About RAAD
RAAD operates a global aerial intelligence network. Clients order high-resolution site imagery, thermal inspections, and 3D data through our platform; our pilot network captures it; and our processing and vision-model pipeline turns raw imagery into structured, georeferenced answers — often within hours. We run our own hardware end to end: capture fleets in the field, GPU processing clusters we built ourselves, and deployments that span public cloud, our own data centers, and secure on-prem environments inside client facilities.
We're growing fast across every region we operate in, and we're hiring people who want to help scale systems and operations that already work — and make them work at ten times the volume.
The role
Our South American operation is expanding quickly, driven by energy, mining, and infrastructure clients across Brazil, Colombia, and the Southern Cone. Flight Operations Coordinators are the human core of RAAD's mission network: you plan capture days, coordinate pilots in the field, clear regulatory and site-access hurdles before they cost a flying day, and make sure every dataset lands on time and to spec.
What you'll do
- Plan and dispatch daily missions across the region: pilot assignment, routing, weather windows, and client time constraints.
- Be the direct line for pilots in the field — resolving site access, airspace, and equipment issues in real time.
- Manage regulatory workflows with ANAC/DECEA in Brazil and civil aviation authorities across neighboring countries: authorizations, restricted zones, and operator documentation.
- Coordinate access and compliance for energy and oil & gas sites — refineries, pipelines, offshore support facilities — where permitting, safety inductions, and client HSE requirements drive the schedule.
- Track capture quality and turnaround, feeding operational lessons back into planning tools.
What you'll bring
- 3+ years in flight operations, UAV operations coordination, logistics dispatch, or similar high-tempo coordination roles.
- Working knowledge of Brazilian drone regulation (ANAC RBAC-E No. 94, SARPAS) and an aptitude for navigating regulators across the region.
- Professional fluency in Portuguese and English; Spanish is a strong plus.
- Experience working with or around energy-sector site requirements (permits to work, HSE inductions) is highly valued.
Benefits & perks
Competitive pay & equity
Strong base salary plus meaningful equity — everyone shares in what we're building.
Health, dental & vision
Comprehensive coverage for you and your dependents, tailored to your country.
Remote-first
Work from anywhere in your role's region. Async-friendly, documentation-driven culture.
Gear & home office budget
Top-spec hardware and a budget to build a workspace you actually enjoy.
Generous time off
Flexible PTO plus your local public holidays. We expect you to use it.
Learning & travel
Annual learning budget and team offsites — plus real field time with the operations your work powers.