Software Engineer Px4 Jobs in Austin, TX (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Skyways is a company that designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long-range cargo aircraft. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve SkyNav, their mission planning and ground control platform for autonomous aircraft operations, focusing on desktop applications and real-time telemetry.
Responsibilities:
• Build and improve SkyNav, our mission planning and ground control application used during real flight operations.
• Develop high performance desktop applications using ElectronJS, React, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
• Build interactive interfaces for mission planning, telemetry visualization, aircraft monitoring, and operational decision making.
• Develop mapping, geospatial, and 3D visualization systems used to display aircraft state, routes, terrain, airspace, and mission data.
• Work with real time telemetry and operational data streams where responsiveness and reliability are critical.
• Collaborate closely with autonomy, robotics, GNC, flight operations, and backend engineers to turn operational requirements into intuitive operator experiences.
• Contribute to frontend architecture, application performance, maintainability, and system reliability as the platform scales.
• Iterate rapidly with direct feedback from operators, pilots, and deployed customer missions.
• Help improve engineering quality through strong software design, code reviews, and technical collaboration.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex production systems.
• Experience working on aviation, robotics, autonomy, industrial, simulation, or other real time operational systems.
• Experience building mapping, geospatial, or 3D visualization applications.
• Strong experience building desktop applications using ElectronJS.
• Strong experience with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript development.
• Experience with technologies such as CesiumJS, Three.js, Mapbox, WebGL, or similar visualization frameworks.
• Experience working with live telemetry, streaming systems, or operator facing control software.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including system design, debugging, testing, and maintainable architecture.
• Ability to work cross functionally with software, robotics, hardware, and operations teams in a fast moving environment.
• Comfort working on systems where reliability, clarity, and operational usability matter.
Preferred:
• Background in unmanned aviation, aerospace, robotics, or defense systems.
• Experience building mission planning or ground control software.
• Familiarity with MAVLink, PX4, ROS, or similar robotics and autonomy ecosystems.
• Experience with terrain systems, simulation environments, or sensor visualization pipelines.
• Experience managing complex frontend state with MobX or similar frameworks.
• Experience shipping production software in startup or high ownership environments.
• Experience building software for operationally critical or safety conscious systems.
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.