Flight Test Operator
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- Operations
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- Full-time
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Flight Test Operator for autonomous electric aircraft. Tests new hardware and software features at California test sites, with possible international deployments. Requires strong written and verbal communication skills.
About Pyka Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation. To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes. Today, we supply autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four separate continents and have secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Our cargo aircraft enables remote connectivity, enhances express delivery networks, and ensures fast and reliable shipping of critical supplies to areas in need. Our crop protection aircraft offers agricultural services providers and farmers an autonomous tool to make aerial application safer, more precise, and less harmful to surrounding environments. Both vehicles are highly economical to operate, easy to deploy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions in their respective industries. What you work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one step closer each day.
Role Overview Pyka is looking for a Flight Test Operator to test and scale the operations of its advanced autonomous aircraft. You will test our new hardware and software features to ensure the success of Pyka’s customer operations around the globe. Your work will focus on testing the continuous operation of Pyka’s aircraft and ground infrastructure. This is a multidisciplinary role that interacts with many internal teams, so written and verbal communication skills are critical. Your work will be instrumental in Pyka’s growth as we build the best safe product for our customers. You will focus on operating at Pyka’s local California test sites, and may deploy to our international customers to support as needed.
What you'll do
- Test new hardware and software features
- Test the continuous operation of Pyka's aircraft and ground infrastructure
- Operate at Pyka's local California test sites
- May deploy to international customers to support as needed
- Interact with many internal teams
What they require
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Multidisciplinary role interacting with many internal teams
- Requires access to technology subject to governmental access control restrictions due to export controls
Pyka provides safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation, designing, developing, and manufacturing autonomous electric aircraft and related technologies for cargo transport and crop protection.