Systems 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 translate mission and system needs into requirements, interfaces, and acceptance criteria. You will integrate aircraft systems, resolve hardware and software interface issues, plan and support testing, investigate anomalies using flight and telemetry data, and deliver engineering documentation and test results.
Requirements
- Engineering education or equivalent practical experience relevant to aircraft systems, robotics, or complex hardware and software products
- Ability to deliver discrete engineering workstreams independently
- Knowledge of requirements development, interface definition, configuration control, and verification and validation
- Ability to troubleshoot across hardware and software boundaries
- Technical writing and communication skills
- Experience with hardware integration, instrumentation, and test equipment
- Ability to analyze engineering data and automate analysis using Python or comparable tools
Responsibilities
- Develop system requirements, interface definitions, and acceptance criteria
- Integrate aircraft systems and resolve hardware and software interface issues
- Plan and execute verification activities and support bench, simulation, ground, and flight testing
- Investigate system anomalies using flight logs, telemetry, and test data
- Document configurations, discrepancies, corrective actions, engineering documents, and test results
- Plan assigned work, track dependencies, raise risks, and participate in reviews
Benefits
- Stock options
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401k
- Life insurance
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Austin