Senior Flight Controls Engineer

🕒 January 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Skyways

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1 - 10 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🚗 Transport

Aerospace • Transport

Skyways is a company focused on autonomous transportation solutions, particularly in the development of unmanned cargo aircraft. Based near Austin, Texas, and a participant in YCombinator, Skyways leverages AI and advanced energy storage technologies to offer aircraft capable of long-range and high load transportation. Their products, such as the Skyways V3 and V2. 6, include hybrid-electric and fully electric aircraft designed for various applications including resupply operations, ship-to-shore transport, and offshore logistics. The company prides itself on having aircraft that are actively in use and generating revenue, demonstrating real-world application and efficacy.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and tune flight control algorithms for autonomous fixed‑wing and VTOL aircraft. • Own control laws end to end, including requirements definition, simulation, flight code, and validation. • Develop and maintain control system models in simulation environments to support analysis and testing. • Analyze flight test data and logs to diagnose issues and improve performance. • Collaborate closely with avionics, autonomy, mechanical, and flight test teams to integrate and validate control systems. • Support ground and flight testing, including on‑site test campaigns when needed. • Continuously improve robustness, fault tolerance, and performance across a growing operational envelope.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong fundamentals in control theory, dynamics, and state estimation. • Experience implementing flight or vehicle control systems in production code. • Comfort working in C++ and Python in embedded or real‑time systems. • Hands‑on experience with simulation, controller tuning, and flight or field testing. • Ability to reason from first principles and debug complex, cross‑disciplinary problems. • Comfort operating in an early‑stage environment with incomplete requirements and fast iteration cycles.