Autonomous Aircraft Maintenance Tech – Field Ops

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyka is seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Technician to support maintenance and deployment of its autonomous aircraft in Brazil. This role requires proactive, hands-on skills and collaboration with Engineering, Testing, and Operations to ensure fleet readiness and safety.

You will work closely with the Brazil Flight Operations Manager, performing maintenance, documenting procedures, and providing feedback to design teams for aircraft improvements. Travel to customer sites is involved.

Qualifications

• 3-8 years hands-on work with electrical and mechanical systems.
• Understanding of autonomous vehicles and subsystems (instruments, actuators, on-board computers).
• Experience with electrical systems and troubleshooting: continuity checks, voltage and current measurements, wiring inspection, including crimps and connectors, functionality checks of instruments by looking at live data or data logs.
• Basic high voltage safety knowledge and comfortable working on 120 VDC, 20 ~ 30 kW systems.
• Experience inspecting and identifying damage in composite builds and various mechanical components.
• Experience maintaining and upgrading safety-critical systems: ability to design and follow appropriate inspection and test plans for sensors, actuators and mechanical systems to ensure quality before returning to service.
• Verbal and written English communication skills.
• Willingness to work in remote farming areas all over Brazil and spend several weeks working independently.
• ANAC certification is strongly preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, and validate functionality of electrical and mechanical subsystems.
• Conduct scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections, and field repairs in accordance with Pyka procedures.
• Develop, organize, and maintain detailed maintenance records to support fleet-wide traceability and future compliance systems.
• Maintain and update documentation of maintenance procedures and support ongoing development of Pyka aircraft maintenance manuals.
• Provide feedback relating to maintenance and serviceability to Pyka's engineering teams in order to inform aircraft improvements.
• Occasionally support logistics and transportation planning for operations and customer deliveries.
• Maintain and service remote deployed aircrafts, often travel to various customer locations around Brazil.
• Provide On-call support to Pyka’s deployed teams debugging and troubleshooting mechanical issues with the Pyka system.
• Administer a maintenance training program for flight operations team and operating partners

Skills

Electrical and mechanical systems

English communication

Troubleshooting

Detail-oriented

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

ANAC certification (preferred)

Tools

ANAC certification

Job description

Pyka is seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Technician to support maintenance and deployment of its autonomous aircraft in Brazil. This role requires proactive, hands-on skills and collaboration with Engineering, Testing, and Operations to ensure fleet readiness and safety.

You will work closely with the Brazil Flight Operations Manager, performing maintenance, documenting procedures, and providing feedback to design teams for aircraft improvements. Travel to customer sites is involved.