Staff Reliability Engineer

Join Skyways as a Staff Reliability Engineer, where you will lead the reliability program for our V2 fleet and V3 aircraft. You will set the reliability strategy, conduct hands-on investigations into aircraft failures, analyze flight data, and drive corrective actions to closure. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years of hands-on reliability work in aviation or UAV programs.

• Establecer y liderar la estrategia de confiabilidad de la empresa, incluyendo la construcción y gestión del programa de confiabilidad de Skyways.
• Realizar investigaciones prácticas sobre fallas en aeronaves, abarcando sistemas de aviónica, software de vuelo, propulsión y controles de vuelo.
• Analizar datos de vuelo, telemetría, mantenimiento y fabricación para identificar modos de falla recurrentes y priorizarlos según su impacto en la flota.

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years of hands on reliability work on UAV or aviation programs
• Broad, hands on troubleshooting across software, electrical, mechanical, and controls, with a track record of finding root cause and implementing the fix yourself
• Proficiency with Python, SQL, or similar tools for flight data analysis
• Clear technical writing and communication with engineers and leadership
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering, or a related engineering field
• Working knowledge of reliability methods such as FMEA, fault tree analysis, 8D, Weibull analysis, and reliability growth tracking
• Experience building or driving a reliability program, including failure reporting and corrective action systems (FRACAS)
• Clear, measurable evidence of improving reliability on a UAV or aviation program, such as lower failure rates, higher MTBF, or better fleet availability
• 15+ years of engineering experience with reliability at the core of your career
• Experience with hybrid electric propulsion, battery, or engine reliability
• Experience with ArduPilot, PX4, MAVLink, DroneCAN, or comparable flight control ecosystems
• Experience setting maintenance intervals and life limits for a flying fleet
• Experience working in startup or rapid hardware development environments