Director of Aircraft Hardware & Systems

Skyways; Austin (TX); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock options

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401k

Life insurance

Relocation assistance

Zusammenfassung

Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft based in Austin, Texas. As Director of Hardware, you will own the physical aircraft systems, leading hardware execution across structures, avionics, power, and system integration, taking designs from prototype through production and fielded reliability.

You will build and lead the hardware team, make critical technical decisions, and partner with manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test to scale the fleet while

Qualifikationen

• Proven leadership of hardware teams in aerospace or UAV contexts.
• Track record shipping hardware from prototype to production.
• Strong background in avionics and aircraft systems.

Aufgaben

• Own aircraft hardware execution across structures, avionics, power, and system integration.
• Lead and grow the hardware engineering team with emphasis on quality, accountability, and velocity.
• Make and drive critical technical decisions through design reviews, trade studies, and system integration.
• Take hardware from prototype to production with a focus on manufacturability and reliability.
• Partner closely with manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test to close the loop between design, production, and operations.
• Establish hardware standards, documentation, and test practices that scale with the fleet.
• Support certification, compliance, and customer driven requirements as programs mature.
• Proven experience shipping complex hardware systems into production.
• Experience leading hardware teams while staying close to design and integration work.
• Startup experience building teams, processes, and systems from the ground up.

Kenntnisse

Avionics

Hardware leadership

UAV experience

Aircraft systems

Defense programs

Production shipping

Jobbeschreibung

Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft based in Austin, Texas. As Director of Hardware, you will own the physical aircraft systems, leading hardware execution across structures, avionics, power, and system integration, taking designs from prototype through production and fielded reliability.

You will build and lead the hardware team, make critical technical decisions, and partner with manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test to scale the fleet while