Senior Flight Controls Engineer
Skyways is an Austin-based company that develops and operates long-range autonomous aircraft and flight operations for cargo logistics.
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About Skyways
Skyways Air Transportation Inc. builds autonomous uncrewed cargo aircraft and associated autonomy and operations capabilities for commercial and national-security logistics. Its V2 aircraft is in production and operating missions; its V3 B2 aircraft is in development.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own control-law development across VTOL, transition, and fixed-wing flight. You will tune controls in simulation, validate them through ground and flight testing, analyze flight logs, create flight-test plans, and manage assigned AI agents.
Requirements
- Strong fundamentals in control theory and aircraft or rotorcraft dynamics
- Experience implementing flight or vehicle control laws in production code
- Fluency in C++ and Python for real-time or embedded systems
- Experience with controller tuning, simulation, and field or flight testing
- Ability to analyze flight logs, isolate root causes, and present findings clearly
- Ability to work onsite in Austin
Responsibilities
- Implement and tune control laws across VTOL, fixed-wing, and transition flight
- Tune controls in SITL and the V3 digital twin and validate them in ground and flight tests
- Analyze flight logs, identify root causes, and implement control fixes
- Write and own flight-test plans
- Manage a portion of the team's AI agents
Benefits
- Stock options
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401k
- Life insurance
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Austin