Fleet Telematics Installer — Subcontract (1099)
P.G. Auto Installs is taking on experienced 12-volt installers as independent contractors for fleet telematics work across the Mid-Atlantic. Per-job and per-day rates, agreed before you take the work. Apply below or call (240) 896-2800.
- Position
- Fleet Telematics Installer
- Engagement
- Independent contractor (1099). You invoice P.G. for the jobs you run.
- Company
- P.G. Auto Installs — 14508 Greenview Dr. Ste. 500, Laurel, MD 20708
- Work location
- On-site at customer yards, depots, and lots across Maryland, Virginia, DC, Delaware, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Most jobs are in the Baltimore–Washington corridor.
- Pay
- Per-job or per-day rate, set by the scope of the work and agreed before you accept it. Discussed on the first call.
- Schedule
- Project-based. Work comes in blocks tied to fleet rollouts, retrofits, and platform migrations, inside the job windows the customer sets.
- Openings
- Ongoing. Posted August 28, 2026.
- How to apply
- The form below, or call (240) 896-2800 and ask for John or Phil.
About P.G. Auto Installs
P.G. Auto Installs installs and services fleet telematics hardware — GPS trackers, ELD units, AI dash cams, asset and trailer trackers, and fleet security systems — on-site at the customer's yard. The two lead installers have nearly 40 combined years of 12-volt work, from car-audio shops through automotive electronics to fleet telematics. The company installs Motive, Netradyne, and Samsara hardware every week, along with other 12-volt platforms, in every vehicle type from sedans to heavy tractors, trailers, and intermodal chassis. Workmanship is guaranteed and the company is fully insured. The office is in Laurel; the work is at the customer's site.
Position summary
You install, remove, replace, and service telematics hardware in fleet vehicles at customer locations. For each job you get the vehicle list, the job sheet, and the platform vendor's install spec. How you do the work is up to you. Jobs range from a single truck to multi-day rollouts across a whole yard. You deal directly with John and Phil. There is no dispatcher in between. Work is done under a written independent-contractor agreement.
Responsibilities
- Install GPS trackers, ELD units, dual-facing AI dash cams, asset and trailer trackers, and their harnesses in light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, trailers, and equipment
- Locate and confirm power, ground, and ignition circuits with a meter; make fused connections on the correct circuit
- Connect to vehicle diagnostic ports — OBD-II, J1939 9-pin, J1708 6-pin — using the correct harness or Y-cable for the platform
- Route and secure cabling clear of pedals, steering columns, and airbag zones; remove and reinstall trim, panels, headliners, and A-pillars without damage
- Mount cameras and antennas to the vendor's placement spec and calibrate where the platform requires it
- Activate each unit and verify it reports correctly in the customer's platform before releasing the vehicle
- Perform clean de-installs and platform migrations, including removing old hardware and restoring the vehicle's wiring
- Take service calls on units already in service, quoted per job like the rest of the work — find why a unit stopped reporting, correct the wiring or the mount, and verify it reports correctly in the customer's platform
- Record each install — vehicle, unit serial, placement, notes, photos — on the job sheet so the customer's records are complete
- Follow the customer site's safety and access rules
Required qualifications
- Verifiable 12-volt experience: fleet telematics, car audio, alarm and remote start, upfitting, or heavy-truck electrical
- Ability to read a wiring diagram and confirm a circuit with a multimeter
- Working knowledge of vehicle diagnostic connectors (OBD-II, J1939 9-pin, J1708 6-pin) and why the correct harness matters
- Experience removing and reinstalling interior trim without breaking clips, and awareness of where the airbags are
- Your own hand tools, a digital multimeter, trim tools, and reliable transportation to job sites
- A valid driver's license and a clean driving record
- The work is outdoors at customer yards — in and under vehicles, off a step or ladder at a tractor windshield, in summer heat and winter cold
- Available for the job windows customers set, which often start before dispatch goes out
- Set up to invoice as an independent contractor (sole proprietor or business entity)
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with Motive, Netradyne, or Samsara install specs and activation steps
- Heavy truck, bus, trailer, or intermodal chassis experience
- MECP or equivalent formal 12-volt training
- Bilingual English / Spanish
What each side provides
P.G. provides
- Platform hardware and harnesses for the job
- The job sheet, vehicle list, and the vendor's install documentation
- Coordination with the customer and the hardware vendor
- A written independent-contractor agreement
You provide
- Hand tools, digital multimeter, trim tools, and any specialty tools you work with
- Transportation to the job site
- Your own taxes, licensing, and insurance as a contractor — on you, your tools, and the vehicle you drive to job sites
- Your own methods and your own schedule within the customer's job window
Compensation and terms
The rate is per job or per day, set by the scope of the work — vehicle count and type, hardware, and location — and agreed before you accept the job. We talk numbers on the first phone call. You invoice P.G. for completed work. This is an independent contractor arrangement, not W-2 employment: you handle your own taxes, insurance, and benefits.
You break it, you buy it — that is the general rule, and it is firm where the damage came from carelessness. If a trim panel, a clip, a harness, or anything else on a customer's vehicle is broken by your work, the repair or the replacement part is on you: handle it yourself, run it through your own insurance, or tell us to net it against that job's invoice.
It is not meant to punish you for the trade. Old vehicles have brittle clips and seized fasteners, and something lets go now and then on a job done right. Those we settle case by case. Tell us before the customer does and you will find us reasonable about it.
Rework runs the same way: an install that has to be redone because of how it was done is not billed as new work.
Hiring process
- ApplicationThe form below. Tell us what you have wired and on what vehicles. No cover letter, no account to create.
- Phone callWith John or Phil, about your experience, the territory you can cover, and your availability.
- Hands-on skills assessmentCircuit diagnosis, connector identification, and a complete install, judged on power, routing, securing, trim, and verification in the platform. Which vehicle it is done on, and whether the day is paid, is settled on the phone call before you commit a day — you will not be asked to work on a customer's truck before anything is agreed.
- Ride-alongOne day on live installs with the crew, on terms set on that same call.
- WorkIf it fits on both sides, we start sending you jobs.
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Questions we get
Is this a job or contract work?
Contract. You operate as your own business and invoice us for the jobs you run. We are not hiring W-2 employees. If you need a staff position, this is not one, and we would rather you know that before you call.
I have done car audio and alarms, not fleet telematics. Should I apply?
Yes. Clean power, clean routing, and reading a circuit are the same skills whether the load is an amplifier or a vehicle gateway. The platform-specific parts — the harnesses, the placement specs, the activation steps — are in the vendor's install documentation, which comes with every job, and you will see them done on the ride-along.
How steady is the work?
It follows what our customers have scheduled. Rollouts, retrofits, and migrations come in blocks rather than evenly across the month. This works best for installers who run our jobs alongside their own accounts. Ask on the call what the next few months look like and you will get a straight answer.
What is the skills assessment?
Hands-on. You diagnose circuits, identify connectors across light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and complete an install that is judged on power, routing, securing, trim, and verification in the platform — the standard the customer holds the finished job to. Which vehicle it is done on, and whether the day is paid, is settled on the phone call first.
Do I need my own tools?
Hand tools, a digital multimeter, and trim tools, yes. Platform hardware and harnesses come with the job.
Where is the work?
Across Maryland, Virginia, DC, Delaware, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, with most jobs in the Baltimore–Washington corridor, at whatever yard the customer's fleet is parked in.