Staff Controls Engineer, Skyways
GNC
4-5 days a week in office
AI-driven autonomous delivery drones
Job no longer available
AI-driven autonomous delivery drones
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
4-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
Skyways' mission is to satisfy international freight and supply chain needs through its AI-driven autonomous delivery drones.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical / Aero Engineering
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in aviation or closely related field and working on Flight Controllers and GNC
- Be highly independent and also willing to transfer knowledge to others
- Be an awesome and friendly individual, we probe for cultural fit to work at a startup
- Bonus points for candidates with a pilot license
What the job involves
- We are growing and looking for a Flight Controls System Engineer to join our team. You are excited about things that fly and new fundamental ways to go from A to B
- You aren't afraid of tough engineering challenges, that's what gets you up in the morning. You are willing to work directly on the aircraft and see your creation take flight
- You are excited about joining a startup, an extremely fast-paced environment where we get things done
- Lead all Flight Controls / GNC efforts at Skyways
- Perform trade studies to identify solutions related to flight control systems
- Lead and guide design reviews, implement and integrate solutions that meet program requirements
- Perform sizing and selection of vertical and horizontal systems -- airframe, propulsion, controls
- Help build simulation and ground/flight testing capabilities
- Create, modify and optimize existing control laws of the vehicle to achieve desired performance levels. This will involve programming
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Maintaining smooth cargo shipments is essential to the integrity of supply chains, something that is equally important to both businesses and military forces. Such logistics are generally handled by cars and trucks, but this greatly limits the efficiency of routes and can negatively impact stealth for military supply chains.
Skyways develops AI-driven autonomous delivery drones, focussed on reducing supply chain bottlenecks for military forces as well as businesses. The company sells three models of electric and hybrid drones capable of delivering up to 25lbs of cargo across distances up to 500 miles, with each model being designed to fly low to help military forces stay under the radar.
Whilst offense and defense drones are commonplace in today’s military landscape, Skyways has identified the gap in the market of low-flying and autonomous delivery drones, helping to reduce loads carried by troops, increase resupply capabilities, and lower detection rates. The company currently focusses on facilitating military deliveries but shows promise to improve last-mile eCommerce order fulfillment in the future.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2021
$15m
SERIES A
Jul 2017
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $17m
Company HQ
Sixth Street Historic District, Austin, TX
Founders
Charles Acknin
(CEO)Senior Software Engineer for Google from 2008 to 2015. Was CEO & Co-founder of Elixir Labs.
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