Field Service Representative

Skyways; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401k with employer match

Paid time off & holidays

Relocation assistance to Austin

Job summary

Skyways designs, builds, and operates autonomous long-range cargo aircraft. As a Field Service Representative, you’ll be the on-site face at customer sites, keeping aircraft mission-ready and recovering aircraft when issues arise.

You’ll travel frequently, including international legs, to install, test, repair, and optimize our systems in support of critical missions. You will work hands-on with mechanical systems, electronics, and firmware, guided by manuals and flight data.

Qualifications

• 3+ years maintaining real aircraft or UAS in the field.
• Strong mechanical foundation plus electrical, RF/datalink troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and use technical manuals, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Willingness to travel up to ~75%, including international trips, with valid US passport and driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Deploy to customer sites as Skyways' on-site representative and maintain aircraft readiness.
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on multi-fuel power systems, batteries, motors, ESCs, and consumables per manual.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, RF/datalink, and firmware issues in the field and fix on-site when possible.
• Escalate unresolved issues to MRO and Engineering with complete context and drive to resolution.
• Maintain accurate daily logbooks, maintenance history, and per-tail configuration records.

Skills

Mechanical & electrical

RF/datalink troubleshooting

Firmware/software troubleshooting

Technical manual reading

Independent field work

Travel readiness 75%

Documentation discipline

Security clearance eligibility

Tools

Slack

Asana

Airtable

Google Workspace

Job description

Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft. Founded in 2017, the company has spent the last eight years developing and deploying autonomous logistics systems for real-world operations.

Our V2 aircraft carries 30 lbs up to 500 miles, and V3 has a maximum range of well over 1,000 miles, a maximum useful load of 100 lbs, and a maximum endurance of nearly 20 hours. Both use a hybrid-electric architecture that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane, enabling long-range autonomous delivery without traditional runway infrastructure.

Today, Skyways aircraft operate across three continents in controlled national airspace under FAA oversight and in support of U.S. military operations. We are transitioning from prototype development to full-rate production and scaling toward large autonomous cargo fleets.

Backed by Y Combinator and a $37M AFWERX STRATFI award from the U.S. Air Force, Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization from Austin, Texas.

The Opportunity

This is the job that keeps our aircraft flying after the sale. As a Field Service Representative, you're Skyways on the ground at a customer's site: deploying the aircraft, maintaining it, and fixing what breaks so their missions stay on schedule. When an aircraft goes down, you're the one who gets it back up.

Some days you're at our Austin shop or flight test site. Most days you're on the road, often internationally, running a customer site with limited backup and owning the outcome. It's hands-on, it's high-trust, and it moves. If you want a predictable desk job, this isn't it. If you like being the person customers rely on when it matters, you'll do well here.

What You'll Do:

• Deploy to customer sites as Skyways' on-site rep and keep aircraft available, mission-ready, and flying against a 95%+ readiness bar
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance: multi-fuel power-system service and swaps, batteries, motors, ESCs, and consumables, per the maintenance manual
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, RF/datalink, and firmware issues in the field, and fix them on the spot when you can
• Escalate what you can't solve to MRO and Engineering with real context (symptoms, tail number, config, flight data) and drive it to resolution
• Hit our service commitments: acknowledge issues fast and restore aircraft-down situations first
• Keep the records honest: daily logbooks, maintenance history, and per-tail configuration control, current every day
• Stand up new sites and redeployments: setup, systems install, functional check flights, radio/datalink checks, route validation, rehearsals, and handover
• Manage on-site spares and AOG (aircraft-on-ground) response so a missing part doesn't ground the mission
• Feed what you learn in the field back to Engineering so the same problem doesn't keep coming back
• Be the customer's trusted point of contact and represent their needs back inside Skyways

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ years maintaining and supporting real aircraft or UAS in the field (Group 3 UAS or similar a plus)
• Strong mechanical foundation, plus electrical, RF/datalink, and basic software/firmware troubleshooting
• Comfort with small internal-combustion or multi-fuel engines
• Ability to read, and actually use, technical manuals, schematics, and wiring diagrams
• Someone who can run a remote site solo: safety-minded, self-directed, and calm when an aircraft is down
• Willingness to travel up to ~75%, including extended international trips, sometimes on short notice; valid U.S. passport and driver's license
• Able to lift ~50 lbs and work outdoors in the conditions the mission runs in
• Disciplined about documentation: logbooks and configuration records don't slip
• Comfortable with the tools we run support on (Slack, Asana, Airtable, Google Workspace)
• Able to obtain any customer- or contract-required security clearance

Bonus Points:

• FAA Part 107 and/or BVLOS operations experience
• A&P license or an equivalent airframe/powerplant background
• Prior military UAS, aviation-maintenance, or operations experience (15-series MOS, AV/AT/AE, TACP, or SOF aviation)
• OCONUS / deployed field experience
• Autopilot / ground-control-station software and RF/datalink systems (PX4- or ArduPilot-class) and Linux
• Familiarity with spares, RMA, and field-logistics workflows
• Prior OEM field-service or customer-facing technical-support experience
• Experience operating under FAA, SORA, or similar standards
• Additional language ability for international deployments

In addition to base salary, offers include stock options, so you own part of what you build. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, a 401k, and life insurance.

Relocation assistance is available for candidates moving to Austin.

Due to U.S. government contract requirements, this role is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations.

Skyways is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.