About Seasats:

We are a nimble, highly technical business that provides defense, scientific, and commercial customers with maritime robotics solutions. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) built to carry sensors at sea for months at a time.

The company is located in sunny San Diego and includes talented engineers, builders, tinkerers, and business architects. Internally, our work culture is hard working but fun. Externally, we’ve built a reputation for being professional, knowledgeable, and dedicated to getting the job done. For more info, check out seasats.com.

Role: Operations and Logistics Assistant

Location: San Diego, CA (in-office)

Salary: $70,000-$85,000 / yr + stock options, 401k matching, relocation assistance within the U.S. (if applicable), and other benefits.

Role Overview:

We’re building autonomous surface vehicles at lightning pace and deploying them to customers and events all over the world. We want to make sure all these operations are executed smoothly, so we’re seeking an Operations and Logistics Assistant to support our Engineering Program Manager and Customer Success Manager. This person will prepare for trainings and travel, arrange pickups and drop-offs, assist in packing and documenting shipments, research import / export regulations, and more. In short, they’ll do whatever’s necessary (and legal) to make their teammates’ lives easier and our customers happier.

About You:

You’re an organized, self-motivated person, excited to cross items off a task list and take ownership of small projects. If you haven’t already explored the world of international freight, you’re ready to dive in. You’re also:

• An excellent communicator
• Experienced in customer service
• Good at working in a team
• Able to take explicit instructions and execute them
• Able to work autonomously when needed

Role Details

In this role, you’ll interface with project managers, vessel operators, engineers, shippers, and customers. If coordinating flights and gathering boat components for a training sounds interesting, you might be a good fit. If spending two hours on the phone with another country’s import authority makes you want to flip your desk, you might not be a good fit.

Some specific things you could work on include:

Logistics Coordination

• Scheduling and tracking incoming and outgoing shipments, including parts, tools, and finished products.
• Preparing and reviewing shipping documentation, including bills of lading, packing lists, and hazardous goods paperwork (when required).
• Coordinating with carriers, freight forwarders, and customers to ensure timely delivery.

Operational Support

• Assisting with procurement activities such as requesting quotes, placing purchase orders, and tracking deliveries.
• Supporting special projects, such as facility upgrades, furniture builds, equipment moves, or process improvements.

Customer Support

• Packing and shipping components to customers to ensure their mission success
• Organizing customer training events at Seasats HQ, ensuring the classroom is equipped and instructors and students have the needed materials

Travel Coordination

• Handling travel logistics for our vehicle operators, including booking flights, hotels, and transportation, and ensuring that travel is well-planned and efficient

Project Support

• Assisting the Project Manager to create and update project documentation

Ad Hoc

• Assisting with various ad hoc tasks and projects as needed to ensure the overall success of the company

Life at Seasats:

Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

• Stock options
• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

We’ll help you ramp up and will regularly take time to discuss what’s working and what’s not. We’re also big on personal freedoms: if you’re on top of your responsibilities and want the afternoon off to surf or spend time with friends and family, go for it! We have flexible hours, accommodating PTO, and a personable, high-achieving work culture. We want someone who’s excited to work hard and have fun in this environment.

Our values are listed below; we’re happy to explain them more during the interview process.

• Get Stuff Done
• Be Kind
• Fight Entropy
• Attack with Overwhelming Force
• Ask More Questions
• Lines, Not Dots

Hiring Notes:

If you decide to apply, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions. If we decide to move forward with your application, you can expect no more than 2-3 more rounds of virtual interviews before a final in-person interview. If you have to travel to San Diego, we’ll reimburse pre-approved travel costs.

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, so we encourage women, minorities, and people of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We look forward to reviewing your application!