--- title: 'IT Systems Lead at AeroVect' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/it-systems-lead-aerovect-atlanta-pdgyadhwp9g5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-07' --- # IT Systems Lead at AeroVect - **Company:** AeroVect - **Location:** Atlanta, GA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/AeroVect/ebf4db44-3f01-45b4-9642-6d945afcfbd8 ## Job description ## Who We Are AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit [www.aerovect.com](http://www.aerovect.com). As our first dedicated internal IT hire, you'll take ownership of the systems, devices, and processes that keep our growing team productive and secure. You'll lead the implementation of company-wide device management, endpoint security, identity and access controls, and IT support processes across a distributed workforce. With a significant engineering population running Ubuntu Linux, we're looking for someone who brings strong technical depth, practical security experience, and the ability to build reliable IT systems from the ground up. This is a highly hands-on role with significant ownership. You'll work closely with Engineering, Operations, and People teams, as well as external IT and security providers, to establish scalable processes without adding unnecessary complexity. You will - Own AeroVect's corporate IT infrastructure, including employee laptops, workstations, shared devices, and associated IT systems. - Lead the implementation and ongoing management of a company-wide device management platform across Ubuntu Linux, macOS, IpadOS and Windows. - Establish and maintain endpoint security standards, including disk encryption, patch management, endpoint protection, device monitoring, and recovery procedures. - Manage identity and access controls across Google Workspace and other business-critical applications, including MFA, permissions, and secure onboarding/offboarding. - Build and maintain automated workflows for device provisioning, software deployment, configuration management, and employee lifecycle management. - Own IT onboarding and offboarding, ensuring employees receive properly configured equipment and appropriate access from day one. - Provide hands-on technical support and troubleshooting for employees - Manage hardware procurement, inventory, equipment lifecycle, repairs, replacements, and device recovery. - Develop and maintain practical IT security policies, documentation, incident response procedures, and operational standards. - Partner with Engineering to ensure security controls are compatible with development tools, containers, drivers, and specialized engineering workflows. - Coordinate with external IT and security providers on implementation, escalations, monitoring, and incident response. - Support employees across multiple countries through remote administration, equipment logistics, and coordination with local service providers. - Continuously identify opportunities to improve security, automate repetitive tasks, and scale IT operations as AeroVect grows. You have - 5+ years of experience in IT systems engineering, systems administration, corporate IT, or a related technical role. - Strong hands-on experience administering Ubuntu Linux endpoints, including system configuration, troubleshooting, software management, and security. - Experience managing mixed operating system environments, including Linux, macOS, and Windows. - Experience implementing and administering endpoint or mobile device management (MDM) solutions. - Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace administration, identity and access management, MFA, and employee onboarding/offboarding. - Experience implementing endpoint security controls, including disk encryption, patch management, endpoint protection, and recovery processes. - Proficiency with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, or similar tools. - Experience independently leading IT infrastructure projects, from initial assessment and tool selection through deployment and ongoing operations. - Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, endpoint hardware, networking, and business applications. - Ability to work independently, prioritize competing needs, and take ownership in a fast-paced startup environment. - Excellent communication skills and a service-oriented approach to supporting employees across technical and nontechnical teams. - Ability to work onsite in Atlanta and provide hands-on support for local equipment and employees. We Prefer - Experience as an early IT hire or IT systems owner at a rapidly growing technology or engineering company. - Experience supporting organizations with 100–500 employees and distributed international teams. - Familiarity with Fleet, JumpCloud, or similar cross-platform device management solutions. - Experience deploying and managing Linux disk encryption, including LUKS and recovery-key management. - Experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR), security monitoring, and incident response coordination. - Familiarity with CIS Controls, NIST cybersecurity guidance, or similar security frameworks. - Experience working with managed service providers (MSPs) or external security vendors. - Familiarity with GitOps, infrastructure automation, or configuration management tools such as Ansible. - Experience supporting engineering environments involving Docker, Kubernetes, SSH, and specialized Linux development tools. - Experience establishing IT processes, documentation, and security standards from scratch. ## About AeroVect ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AeroVect provides AI-powered autonomous ground support equipment (GSE) solutions to automate airside logistics for the world's largest airlines and airports. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: South San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Raymond Wang and Eugenio Donati ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Aviation logistics and autonomous vehicle technology (Airside Automation) - **Target Customers**: Large airlines, ground handling companies, and airports (Enterprise B2B) - **Mission/Purpose**: To enable unprecedented safety, reliability, and operational certainty in global aviation by deploying AI-powered autonomous ground support equipment. ## Products & Services - **[AeroVect Driver™]**: An AI-powered, self-driving system for Ground Support Equipment (GSE). It is trained on the world's largest airside driving dataset, provides 360° total awareness, and is designed to reduce human error, prevent costly incidents (e.g., collisions), and maximize asset uptime. It is currently deployed in live production operations. Type: Enterprise AI/Software + Hardware. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available. - **Key Metric**: - **Total Funding**: $20.0M (as of Series A, Oct 2024) - **Latest Round**: $18.0M Series A (Oct 2024) led by Nava Ventures. - **Employee Growth**: 56 employees (+62.5% YoY), with a large uptick in active job postings (156). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Nava Ventures (Lead Series A), Outsiders Fund, Flybridge Capital, Graphene Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Future Back Ventures. - **Growth Signals**: - **Rapid Hiring**: 156 active job postings, a **+1318.2% YoY** increase, indicating a major scaling phase. - **Proven Deployment**: Has logged the "most miles driven in live production operations" and handled tens of thousands of aircraft crossings. - **Global Presence**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Atlanta, Toronto, and Frankfurt, with operations across 5 countries including the UK and Greece. ## Competitive Advantages - **Domain-Specific Platform**: Unlike general autonomy companies, AeroVect builds exclusively for the aviation airside environment, giving them a deep moat in a highly regulated, niche market with high barriers to entry. - **Production-Proven Tech**: Claims the "most miles driven in live production operations" and a proven safety record with tens of thousands of real-world aircraft crossings, offering a significant reliability advantage over competitors still in testing. - **Proprietary Dataset**: Trained on the world's largest airside driving dataset, which is a difficult-to-replicate asset. - **Clear ROI for Customers**: Directly addresses labor shortages with cost predictability, reduces insurance/accident risks, and unlocks operational efficiency (cost efficiency, safety, scale). ## Strategic Focus - **Scale & Deployment**: Moving from pilot to widespread commercial deployment, as evidenced by the massive surge in hiring for deployment and engineering roles. - **Expansion**: Growing physical presence in key aviation hubs (Frankfurt, Toronto, New York). - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring top engineering (Perception, Localization, Safety), operations, and product talent to accelerate product development and global rollout. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact Work**: Employees see their technology directly supporting mission-critical operations at major international airports. - **Strong Growth Trajectory**: Joining a well-funded startup (Series A) that is in a massive hiring spree (+1300% YoY in job postings) offers significant career growth potential and project ownership. - **Culture**: Described by employees as a supportive family-like environment that aims high and pushes boundaries. The company emphasizes "significant project ownership from day one." - **Perks & Benefits**: - **Equity for all employees** - Flexible PTO (Flexible vacation) & Paid holidays - Medical coverage - Meals & snacks (in office) - **Global impact** - opportunity to travel to deploy technology at sites around the world. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/Office presence likely required given the nature of the hardware/software deployment, with multiple office locations in the US, Canada, and Europe. ## Sources 1. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/company) 2. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/) 3. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/careers) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aerovect) 5. 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