{"id":3888,"date":"2023-12-20T01:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibarrak.nastraining.com\/uastep\/?page_id=3888"},"modified":"2023-12-20T01:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:01:33","slug":"workforce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibarrak.nastraining.com\/uastep\/workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-211bc8b0 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UAS Career Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/19MGGSOBPaWZKXHlRu_TBzRyJueR4Stqh_dypO1xGt2Q\/edit#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Current Openings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/jobs\/search\/?keywords=uav%20or%20uas&amp;location=United%20States&amp;locationId=us%3A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=UAS&amp;l=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indeed.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/search?q=uav+pilot&amp;job=u76xGngiaSOQVvPeuW88MdxhqT2QA2tJVQozwVtu9PI6rtJbj2x6eg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SimplyHired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UAS Career Outlook Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sUAS is expected to have enormous impacts on the nation\u2019s job market and economy, and California has been one of the major drivers of this trend as reflected in industry projections of expected job growth and economic gain within the state&nbsp;(<em>AUVSI, 2013<\/em>). As the second largest county in the State (3.3 million people) (<em>United States Census Bureau, 2015<\/em>), San Diego County is a major contributor to the UAS industry in the state and the nation.&nbsp; In fact,&nbsp;<em>Reno (2013)<\/em>&nbsp;has branded \u201cSan Diego, the undisputed drone capital of America.\u201d This is in part due to the county being the home of the world\u2019s two leading UAS manufacturers, which are General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman. Moreover, Northrop Grumman has designated its facility in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego as its Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence since 2013, which further solidifies San Diego\u2019s position as the hotbed of UAS technology (<em>San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, 2013; Northrop Grumman Corporation, 2013<\/em>). One industry report estimated that the direct, indirect, and induced impacts of UAS contracts in the military sector generated 7,135 jobs, $590 million in wages, and $2.3 billion in total economic output per year in the San Diego region (<em>North San Diego Business Chamber, 2012<\/em>).&nbsp; Beyond military and defense applications of UAS, the commercial applications of UAS have also seen dramatic growth in the region thanks to small startup companies such as SlantRange (10 employees,&nbsp;$5 million in a first round of venture capital funding), which concentrates not on drone manufacturing and production, but rather the production of drone sensors and drone data analytics for agricultural applications (<em>Freeman, 2016<\/em>). Other examples of UAS startups in San Diego include SkySafe ($3 million in seed funding), which was founded in 2015 with the goal of keeping restricted airspace (i.e. stadiums, airports, prisons) safe by disabling intrusive rogue drones (<em>Brown, 2016<\/em>). Another example is the Carlsbad\/San Diego-based 5D Robotics ($5.5 million in seed funding), which focuses on the development of high precision automated navigation technology for UAS in mapping and inspection applications (<em>Bigelow, 2016<\/em>). This project is committed to working with industry partners, and has already secured commitments from organizations including SlantRange, San Diego Gas and Electric, CompassRose GIS, City of San Marcos, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide internship opportunities for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past collaborators; Potential internship\/employment outlets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SD Luxury Listings \u2013 San Diego<br>Genesis Digital \u2013 San Diego<br>Rock to Stop Hunger \u2013 San Diego<br>Walking on Water \u2013 Carlsbad<br>Buzz Campbell Band \u2013 Temecula<br>Callaway Golf \u2013 San Diego<br>Actors\u2019 Equity Association \u2013 Los Angeles<br>Dampt Productions \u2013 San Marcos<br>Mechanical Eye \u2013 Oceanside<br>Electric Ivy \u2013 San Diego<br>WTOL-TV \u2013 Toledo<br>North Coast Church \u2013 Vista<br>Dsouza management \u2013 Rancho Sante Fe<br>ColorByEmi \u2013 San Diego<br>EB Creative \u2013 Escondido<br>Pixlwise \u2013 San Diego<br>FJ Ventures<br>Rolling Reflections \u2013 San Diego<br>GoPro \u2013 San Mateo<br>NCredible Ent. \u2013 Los Angeles<br>Watts Atelier of the Arts \u2013 Encinitas<br>Interpret Studios \u2013 Encinitas<br>MuirSkate \u2013 San Diego<br>Pretzel Logic Productions \u2013 San Diego<br>JMac Productions \u2013 Las Vegas<br>The Father\u2019s House \u2013 San Marcos<br>Karen Haub Fine Art and Design \u2013 Poway<br>Indie Film Factory \u2013 Las Vegas<br>ShootDotEdit \u2013 San Diego<br>NBC 7 \u2013 San Diego<br>Adventure Chest Inc. \u2013 Hollywood<br>Sempra Energy \u2013 San Diego<br>World Vision \u2013 Nairobi<br>Tribune Media \u2013 San Diego<br>Elated Racket \u2013 Valley Center<br>Little Penguin Public Relations \u2013 San Diego<br>Classic Filmworks \u2013 Escondido<br>Foamtec International \u2013 San Diego<br>Emotion Web Video \u2013 San Diego<br>Demandforce \u2013 San Francisco<br>CBS Television Studios \u2013 Los Angeles<br>B-Reel Films \u2013 San Diego<br>M Winehouse \u2013 San Diego<br>Inspired Images Company \u2013 Vista<br>RED Digital Cinema \u2013 Irvine<br>Girlsroom Productions \u2013 San Diego<br>New Mommy Media \u2013 San Marcos<br>Pironics Inc. \u2013 San Clemente<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application\/Industries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UAS are used in varied applications and industries, such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mapping30-5.png\" alt=\"Mapping\" class=\"wp-image-407\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Engineering30-2.png\" alt=\"Engineering\" class=\"wp-image-410\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Precision-Agriculture30.png\" alt=\"Precision Agriculture\" class=\"wp-image-411\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Structural-Inspection30.png\" alt=\"Structural Inspection\" class=\"wp-image-417\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/environmental-monitoring30.png\" alt=\"Environmental Monitoring\" class=\"wp-image-419\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uastep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/photography30-2.png\" alt=\"Photography &amp; Videography\" class=\"wp-image-406\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample Case Study:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maximizing a Fruit Plantations Yield using UAV Imagery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Determining plant density and identifying canopy gaps is crucial for good plantation management; this helps predict yields and to maximize the yield by refilling planting gaps. Scientific photographs taken from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) allow accurate plant counts and the identification of plant mortality for several hundreds of hectares per day. Studies over different crops show that QuestUAV images are a powerful tool for a plantation management to develop replanting plans and to compare actual vs. target plant density.&nbsp; See full case study at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.questuav.com\/media\/case-study\/maximizing-fruit-plantations-yield-using-uav-imagery-questuav-news\/\">https:\/\/www.questuav.com\/media\/case-study\/maximizing-fruit-plantations-yield-using-uav-imagery-questuav-news\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more case studies at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.questuav.com\/drones\/case-studies\/\">questuav.com\/drones\/case-studies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAS Career Opportunities UAS Career Outlook Summary sUAS is expected to have enormous impacts on the nation\u2019s job market and economy, and California has been one of the major drivers of this trend as reflected in industry projections of expected job growth and economic gain within the state&nbsp;(AUVSI, 2013). As the second largest county in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3888","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"uastep-admin","author_link":"https:\/\/ibarrak.nastraining.com\/uastep\/author\/uastep-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"UAS Career Opportunities UAS Career Outlook Summary sUAS is expected to have enormous impacts on the nation\u2019s job market and economy, and California has been one of the major drivers of this trend as reflected in industry projections of expected job growth and economic gain within the state&nbsp;(AUVSI, 2013). 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