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Job Summary:
Skyways is a company that designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft. The role involves developing computer vision systems for autonomous landing and navigation, directly impacting aircraft's ability to identify safe landing areas and operate in various environments.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and deploy computer vision systems for autonomous landing and landing zone evaluation
• Build perception systems for targetless landing in unstructured and dynamic environments
• Develop algorithms for terrain understanding, obstacle detection, and environment classification
• Work with onboard camera, IMU, GPS, and other sensor data in real flight environments
• Improve system performance using operational flight data, testing, and iteration
• Collaborate across autonomy, GNC, and flight operations teams to integrate perception into flight behaviors
• Debug perception and autonomy issues observed during simulation, ground testing, and flight operations
• Contribute to software architecture, testing, integration, and deployment workflows
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of experience developing and deploying computer vision or perception systems in real-world environments
• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
• Experience with perception systems for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or aerospace platforms
• Experience working with real sensor data and operational deployment constraints
• Strong understanding of camera systems, sensor fusion, and state estimation concepts
• Experience debugging and improving deployed perception systems using logs, telemetry, or flight data
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving engineering environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
Preferred:
• Experience with autonomous aircraft or aerial robotics
• Experience with landing zone evaluation, terrain classification, or visual navigation systems
• Background in SLAM, visual odometry, or GPS-denied navigation
• Experience with embedded or real-time systems
• Familiarity with ROS2 or similar robotics frameworks
• Experience deploying perception systems to resource-constrained platforms
Company:
Skyways designs and manufactures long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft systems for logistics and operational efficiency. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Austin, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.