# Chief Technology Officer
**Company:** [Skyways](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/skyways)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Skills:** Full Stack Development, Systems Integration, Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Autonomy, Aircraft Systems, Uavs, Safety-Critical Systems, Prototyping To Production, Team Scaling
**Posted:** 2025-08-01
> 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.
## Job Description
## What You'll Do

- Own engineering execution across the full system
- Turn a working aircraft into a production-ready, repeatable platform
- Scale the team without turning it into a slow, process-heavy organization
- Make fast, high-quality decisions that unblock the team
- Work closely with flight ops and manufacturing so what we build actually works in the field
- Be the technical counterpart to the CEO in customer and investor conversations

## What You'll Bring

- You've built and shipped real systems, not just led teams that talk about them
- You've taken something from prototype to production and dealt with the mess that comes with it
- You can operate across disciplines and connect the system end-to-end
- You know how to increase speed without losing reliability
- You're comfortable owning outcomes, not just direction

## Bonus Points

- You've worked on aircraft, UAVs, or other safety-critical systems that operate in the real world
- You've dealt with certification, regulatory constraints, or government customers
- You've built systems that combine hardware, software, and autonomy into one integrated product
- You've scaled a team from early stage to production without losing speed
- You've seen what breaks when you go from \"it works once\" to \"it works every time\"
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