Staff Reliability Engineer – UAV & Aviation Systems

Skyways; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401k

Life insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Skyways is hiring a Staff Reliability Engineer to build and drive the reliability program for our V2 and V3 aircraft. This onsite role in Austin focuses on root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional collaboration with flight ops, design, and manufacturing.

You will conduct analyses across avionics, software, power, propulsion, structures, and controls, using FRACAS, FMEA, and Weibull methods to improve fleet availability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years of hands on reliability work on UAV or aviation programs.
• Clear, measurable evidence of improving reliability on UAV/aviation programs (lower failure rates, higher MTBF, better fleet availability).
• Experience building or driving a reliability program with FRACAS.
• Broad, hands-on troubleshooting across software, electrical, mechanical, and controls with proven root-cause fixes.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the Skyways reliability program end to end: failure reporting, root cause analysis, corrective action, and fleet reliability metrics.
• Lead hands-on investigations into failures across avionics, flight software, power, propulsion, structures, and flight controls.
• Troubleshoot problems and develop fixes, partnering with design engineers for landed changes.
• Analyze flight logs, telemetry, maintenance and manufacturing data to identify recurring failure modes.
• Run FMEA and fault tree analysis on V3 critical systems and translate findings into design changes.
• Set inspection intervals and life limits, updating as fleet hours accumulate.
• Drive corrective actions through design, manufacturing, and flight operations to closure.
• Report fleet reliability trends to engineering and leadership.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Python

SQL

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering

Tools

FRACAS

FMEA

Weibull analysis

Flight data analysis

Job description

Skyways is hiring a Staff Reliability Engineer to build and drive the reliability program for our V2 and V3 aircraft. This onsite role in Austin focuses on root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional collaboration with flight ops, design, and manufacturing.

You will conduct analyses across avionics, software, power, propulsion, structures, and controls, using FRACAS, FMEA, and Weibull methods to improve fleet availability and reliability.