engineering
Posted Oct 29, 2025Senior Flight Test Engineer
at Skyways
Austin, United StatesHybrid
Benefits
- Backed by Y Combinator and a $37M AFWERX STRATFI award from the U.S.
Additional details
- Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft.
- Founded in 2017, the company has spent the last eight years developing and deploying autonomous logistics systems for real-world operations.
- Our V2 aircraft carries 30 lbs up to 500 miles, while our next-generation V3 carries 100 lbs over 1,000+ miles with 20+ hours of endurance.
- Both use a hybrid-electric architecture that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane, enabling long-range autonomous delivery without traditional runway infrastructure.
- Today, Skyways aircraft operate across three continents in controlled national airspace under FAA oversight and in support of U.S. military operations.
- We are transitioning from prototype development to full-rate production and scaling toward large autonomous cargo fleets.
- Air Force, Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization from Austin, Texas.
- The Opportunity As a Senior Flight Test Engineer, you’ll own the planning, execution, and analysis of flight tests that validate our aircraft’s performance, safety, and reliability.
- You’ll define test objectives, design methodologies, and work hands-on with aircraft and data systems to turn real-world results into engineering decisions.
- This is a high-impact role that bridges engineering and operations.