Flight Support Engineer (Brazil)

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Customer and Technical Support
Pyka

Pyka

Pyka revolutionizes aviation with autonomous electric aircraft for industries, starting with agriculture, for safer, targeted, and eco-friendly transportation.

Aerospace & Defense
11-50
Founded 2017
$14M raised

Description

  • Travel to commercial deployment sites in Brazil to support flight testing, customer success, and product support.
  • Serve as Pilot in Command or Ground Control Operator of experimental or developmental unmanned aircraft.
  • Lead or participate in ground and flight test events as Test Conductor or Test Crew member.
  • Ensure continuous operations at customer sites by identifying, troubleshooting, and fixing issues in person and remotely with engineering support.
  • Participate in customer technical support on-call rotations.
  • Recommend product features, improvements, and design changes to the design team.
  • Triage software and hardware bugs and escalate the most critical issues to engineering teams.
  • Manage complex logistics in support of flight operations.
  • Work with internal operators and customers to support successful commercial operations.
  • Help standardize aircraft ground and flight operations, procedures, and instructional techniques.

Requirements

  • Based in Brazil and willing to travel around the country, including spending several weeks working independently.
  • Technically knowledgeable; an engineering degree is not required.
  • Preferably experience with flight operations involving manned aircraft or UAVs.
  • Experience flying fixed-wing UAVs, model aircraft, or large multirotors is preferred.
  • Experience with ground control and mission planning software is preferred.
  • Experience with mechanical and electrical systems, assembly, and troubleshooting is preferred.
  • Basic high-voltage safety knowledge and comfort working on 120 VDC, 20–30 kW systems is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Linux, command line usage, git, Python, and C++ is preferred.
  • Proficient in Portuguese and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are critical for this multidisciplinary role.
  • Experience visualizing and analyzing data logs is preferred.
  • Knowledge of aircraft systems and manuals is preferred.
  • Experience interacting with customers in high-pressure operations is preferred.
  • Independent, motivated, and able to self-direct and manage time effectively.
  • Extreme attention to detail and thoroughness is preferred.

Benefits

  • Equity.
  • Paid expenses and meals.
  • Health and dental plans.
  • Life insurance.

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