Senior Reliability Engineer
Lead technical investigations and RCCA activities to improve reliability across V2 and V3 aircraft fleets. Requires 7+ years in aerospace or safety-critical industries and strong data analysis and troubleshooting skills.
Skyways
Autonomous long-range cargo drones for harsh environments
roboticsAustin, TX1-50Series AOnsiteFounded 2017
About
Skyways builds fully autonomous, long-range UAVs with VTOL capability for cargo transportation. They serve military, defense, oil & gas, and logistics in remote and harsh areas. Enables fast, safe delivery where traditional methods fail, scaling to mass production.
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Technical Sourcer
Skyways is seeking a Technical Sourcer to identify and engage top-tier talent for engineering, manufacturing, autonomy, hardware, robotics, operations, and technical leadership roles. This role involves market mapping, candidate outreach, and close collaboration with hiring managers to define and qualify candidates.
Senior Flight Operator
Hands-on role operating and testing UAVs: planning/executing flight missions, troubleshooting in the field, and collaborating with engineering to improve systems.
VP of Production
Leads scaling of autonomous aircraft production from low-rate builds to high-volume manufacturing, owning factory setup, processes, team, supply chain, throughput, yield, cost, and compliance. Requires hands-on experience ramping complex hardware production in ambiguous, regulated environments.
Autonomy Lead
Leads end-to-end autonomy system for UAVs, owning perception, state estimation, planning, and ML integration to ensure reliable real-world missions. Requires hands-on experience deploying autonomy on robotic platforms, C++/Python proficiency, and leading small teams.
Staff Mechanical Engineer
Leads architecture, design, integration, and validation of critical aircraft structures and hardware from concept through flight testing. Requires deep mechanical engineering expertise, system-level thinking, and hands-on prototype build experience.
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Designs and owns mechanical subsystems for autonomous cargo aircraft, from concept through prototyping, testing, and flight validation. Requires hands-on experience with complex hardware like aircraft or robotics, strong CAD skills, and collaboration across teams.
Mechanical Engineer
Design and build mechanical components and assemblies for autonomous cargo aircraft. Work closely with cross-functional teams through prototype, integration, testing, and flight operations.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Leads development of manufacturing processes, tooling, and workflows to transition autonomous aircraft from prototypes to scalable production. Collaborates with engineering teams on manufacturability improvements and resolves build issues, requiring hands-on hardware experience and a bachelor's in engineering.
Technician
Assembles and integrates aircraft structures, mechanical, electrical, and avionics systems on the shop floor. Troubleshoots issues during build and test, requiring 4+ years hands-on experience with real systems and strong mechanical/electrical skills.
Director of Hardware
Leads hardware engineering for aircraft systems from design through production, testing, and field reliability. Oversees structures, avionics, power, and integration while managing team and technical decisions in fast-paced environment.
Director of Software
Leads end-to-end software execution for autonomy, mission planning (SkyNav), and flight operations tooling in a hands-on capacity. Requires experience shipping production systems, leading teams while coding in Python/C++/JS, and integrating with hardware in robotics/flight environments.
Senior RF / EMI Engineer
Senior RF/EMI Engineer ensures electromagnetic compatibility for autonomous UAV avionics, communications, and power systems. Diagnoses issues, implements mitigations like shielding and filtering, and leads validation from development to certification. Requires 5+ years experience with RF/EMI in complex hardware, ideally aviation.
Senior Software Engineer
Builds and owns frontend for SkyNav mission planning and ground control app using React and ElectronJS, creating intuitive UIs for maps, telemetry, and real-time aircraft data visualization. Requires 5+ years frontend experience, JavaScript proficiency, and cross-functional collaboration in fast-paced autonomy environment.
Senior Flight Controls Engineer
Designs, implements, and tunes flight control algorithms for autonomous fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft, owning the full lifecycle from simulation to flight testing. Requires strong control theory fundamentals, C++/Python experience in real-time systems, and hands-on testing expertise.
Senior Flight Test Engineer
Plans, executes, and analyzes flight tests for aircraft performance, safety, and certification. Collaborates with engineering teams on test strategies, data analysis, and validation using UAV/aircraft experience and systems knowledge.
QA Engineering Manager
Leads the build-out of Quality Assurance function for aerospace manufacturing, implementing QMS processes across production lifecycle, ensuring compliance with FAA/DoD/ISO standards, and managing supplier quality. Requires 8+ years in aerospace/defense QA with hands-on scaling experience.
Flight Operator
Hands-on flight operator role planning and executing drone missions, conducting inspections, and troubleshooting to support UAV testing and operations.
Chief Technology Officer
Leads engineering across autonomy, software, hardware, and systems integration for scaling a working aircraft prototype into reliable production. Owns technical decisions, team scaling, and cross-functional collaboration with ops and manufacturing.
Computer Vision & Robotics Software Engineer
Develops computer vision and robotics algorithms for autonomous aerial platforms, focusing on landing evaluation, detect-and-avoid, and non-GPS navigation using sensor data like IMUs. Requires 5+ years experience in perception/navigation, C++/Python proficiency, and sensor fusion expertise.