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Posted Oct 4, 2025Flight Operator
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 Flight Operator on the Flight Team, you will be one of the people who make Skyways aircraft fly.
- You will plan and execute missions, run flight tests, troubleshoot in real time, and provide insights that shape our systems and procedures.
- Your work directly impacts the safety, reliability, and performance of our aircraft.