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Pyka

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🚀 Aerospace

🌾 Agriculture

📦 Logistics

Aerospace • Agriculture • Logistics

Pyka is an American manufacturer of heavy-lift, electric autonomous aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Its products include Pelican (fully autonomous crop protection aircraft), Pelican 2 (next-generation high‑payload crop sprayer), Pelican Cargo/DropShip (zero‑emission autonomous cargo and multi‑mission heavy‑lift UAS). Pyka’s aircraft are in commercial operation globally with customers across agriculture, logistics and defense; the company emphasizes redundancy, reliability, and autonomy for demanding real‑world missions and claims high productivity (e. g. , autonomous crop protection at scale).

📋 Description

• Travel to and participate in commercial deployments (Brazil) to support flight testing, customer success and product support • Serve as Pilot In Command or Ground Control Operator of experimental / developmental unmanned aircraft • Lead and/or participate in ground and flight test events as Test Conductor or Test Crew member • Guarantee continuous operations at customer sites by identifying, troubleshooting and fixing any arising issues, both in person and as remote support, with the remote help of Pyka’s engineering teams • Participate in customer technical support on-call rotations during the night shift, from 9pm to 5am BRT • Recommend new features, improvements, design changes, etc. to the design team • Triage any software and hardware bugs and raise most important issues to the relevant engineering teams • Manage complex logistics in support of flight operations • Interact regularly with internal operators and customers to ensure customer success

🎯 Requirements

• Experience flying fixed wing UAVs / model aircraft or large multirotors • Experience with ground control and mission planning software • Experience with mechanical and electrical systems, assembly, and troubleshooting • Basic high voltage safety knowledge and comfortable working on 120 VDC, 20 ~ 30 kW systems • Familiarity with linux, command line usage, git, Python and C++ • Proficient in Portuguese, excellent written and verbal communication skills in English • Experience visualizing and analyzing data logs • Knowledge of aircraft systems and manuals • Experience interacting with customers in high-pressure operations • Independent and motivated, with an extremely strong work ethic; able to self-direct and manage time • Extreme attention to detail and thoroughness • Willingness to travel around the country and spend several weeks working independently

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity • Paid expenses and meals • Health and Dental Plans • Life Insurance