Joseph Beaudoin

Experience

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  US Navy

  May 2012 - Sept 2017

  Naval Aviator
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  ACADEMI (A Constellis Company)

  Oct 2017 - Aug 2019

  Responsible for Scheduling, Training and Leading operations on site, in addition to normal Operator/Maintainer duties. Operator/Maintainer on the Arcturus Jump-20 platform. Piccolo Autopilot.

  • Flight Operations Manager

    Mar 2018 - Aug 2019

  • UAS Operator

    Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
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  Arcturus UAV, Inc

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Site Lead for the Jump 20 Group III UAS platform. Platform Subject Matter Expert. Directly responsible for all Operations, Personnel, Admin, Safety and Logistics on site. Primary liaison between in theater customers and Arcturus-UAV. Deputy Site Lead for the Jump 20 Group III UAS platform. Platform Subject Matter Expert. Directly responsible for all Operations, Personnel, Admin, Safety and Logistics on site. Primary liaison between in theater customers and Arcturus-UAV.

  • Site Lead

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Deputy Site Lead

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
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  Arcturus UAV

  Feb 2020 - Aug 2021

  Instructor / Evaluations Operator

  Instructs new FSRs on Essential Systems, Emergency Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures and Safety while operating the JUMP 20 platform, both in a simulated and live flight environment.As Evaluations Officer (May 2020), ensures FSRs in training have met acceptable standards of training, coordinates instruction and ensures instructors are teaching in a standardized fashion. Authorized to perform both Initial Qualification Training (IQT) and Annual Qualification Evaluation (AQE) events.

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  AeroVironment

  Aug 2021 - now

  MUAS Chief Standards Operator

  Responsible for management of all Standard Operators and Standards Mechanics under the MUAS program for AeroVironment (previously Arcturus-UAV). Lead of Tech Support for all sites, Stakeholder and initial investigator on MISHAPS, Director of standardization (Publications, SOPs, Standards Audits, Site Set-ups) and cohesive element between Operations, Training, Safety, R&D and Engineering departments.