Fleet Specialist

The Fleet Specialist is a proactive "self-starter" who serves as the vital technical link between Waabi’s autonomous vehicle systems and real-world operations. This is primarily an in-truck role focused on mission success through real-time technical monitoring and high-integrity data collection. When not on a mission in a vehicle, the Fleet Specialist drives operational efficiency through ancillary in-office support, ensuring data ingestion and fleet readiness are never bottlenecks.

Field Operations (Primary In-Truck Role)
- Mission Monitoring: Monitor vehicle system status from the front right seat during all manual and autonomous trips.
- Technical Preparation: Collaborate with engineers, dispatch, and triage to prepare vehicle compute systems for missions.
- Real-Time Data Logging: Use Slack trip threads to provide a time-stamped record of start/stop times, delays, and mission events as they progress.
- Performance Reporting: Accurately complete the applicable documentation before, during, and immediately after mission completion.
- Ensure all data adheres to strict formats: 24-hour time (e.g., 22:30), standardized vehicle IDs, and concise factual descriptions of issues.
- System Liaison: Provide critical system information to the driver to allow for full monitoring of vehicle behavior.

In-Office Support (Ancillary Efficiency Tasks)
-  When not assigned to an active vehicle mission, the Fleet Specialist supports the hub through the following:
- Data Offload Operations: Manage the signing in/out of drives, physical installation/removal from vehicles, and initiation of data offloads at ingest workstations.
- Technical Triage: Update triage threads (e.g. Slack, Jira) to communicate drive ingestion status or issues like damaged drives.
- Fleet Readiness: Connect vehicles to the network for remote diagnostics and verify all required applicable truck documentation is present.
- Maintenance Support: Conduct pre- and post-trip inspections and transport vehicles to/from maintenance vendors.
- Facility Coordination: Assist the Facility Specialist with light organization, supply restocks (e.g., cleaning supplies), and maintaining an organized 5-S garage environment.