Autonomous Electric Aircraft Flight Test Engineer

Pyka; California; Sur place; USD 101 000 - 174 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays and PTO

Unpaid time off

Résumé du poste

Pyka is seeking a flight test engineer to support the development and testing of its autonomous electric aircraft. You will spend significant time at Dixon or Victoria Island, CA, and may travel for 1–2 week demonstrations and customer support.

This multidisciplinary role requires strong communication, procedural standardization, and collaboration with internal and external teams to improve ground and flight operations and product evolution.

Qualifications

• Experience flying fixed wing UAVs 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.
• Proficient in Portuguese or Spanish.
• Experience visualizing and analyzing data logs.
• Knowledge of aircraft systems and manuals.
• Independent and motivated, with an extremely strong work ethic; able to self-direct and manage time.
• Extreme attention to detail and thoroughness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Part 61 pilot certificate is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Guarantee continuous operations at local test sites by identifying, troubleshooting and fixing any arising issues, with remote help from Pyka’s engineering teams.
• Recommend new features, improvements, design changes, etc. to the design team.
• Conduct diverse fleet maintenance activities, involving the aircraft itself, ground infrastructure, laptops, and batteries.
• Assemble, prepare and fully test airframe airworthiness post production and before shipment to customer sites.
• 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.
• Manage complex logistics in support of flight operations.

Connaissances

Fixed-wing UAVs

Ground control

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

High voltage safety

Linux

Git

Portuguese or Spanish

Data logs

Aircraft systems

Self-directed

Attention to detail

Communication

Part 61 pilot certificate

Outils

Ground control software

Mission planning software

Description du poste

Pyka is seeking a flight test engineer to support the development and testing of its autonomous electric aircraft. You will spend significant time at Dixon or Victoria Island, CA, and may travel for 1–2 week demonstrations and customer support.

This multidisciplinary role requires strong communication, procedural standardization, and collaboration with internal and external teams to improve ground and flight operations and product evolution.