Aviation Regulatory Affairs Manager

About Rainmaker
Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. We develop and integrate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.
Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by hard problems, new territory, and the opportunity to lead programs that have real impact on water resources, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
The Department of Regulatory & Compliance is hiring an Aviation Regulatory Manager to own Rainmaker's federal aviation and spectrum regulatory portfolio across both the operator and manufacturer sides of the business.
The Aviation Regulatory Manager plays a critical role at Rainmaker, leading the strategy, drafting, and shepherding of every FAA and FCC authorization the company depends on to fly, transmit, and manufacture. This person owns BVLOS authorizations, regulatory exemptions, FCC licenses, and the airworthiness and Declaration of Compliance work that comes with being a producer of uncrewed aircraft. This is a role for someone fluent in the language of Flight Standards, comfortable engaging directly with FAA inspectors and FCC examiners, and skilled at translating Rainmaker's technical and operational reality into submissions that win on the first round.
Mission
The Aviation Regulatory Manager exists to ensure Rainmaker holds every federal aviation and spectrum authority required to operate as an operator and produce as a manufacturer, today and in the regulatory environment ahead. Sitting at the intersection of Engineering, Flight Operations, and Manufacturing, this person translates engineering and operational decisions into the language federal regulators expect, and translates federal regulatory expectations into requirements the rest of the company can build against. In doing so, th...