Job Overview
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $99,600.00 - $126,700.00
Benefits
competitive health insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Stock option plan
Complementary in office meals and snacks
401k plan
Commuter Benefits
Job Description
MightyFly is an innovative aerospace and aviation technology company dedicated to advancing experimental UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) flight capabilities. Based near Tracy, California, with operations extending across the United States, MightyFly specializes in designing, testing, and launching cutting-edge UAV aircraft and flight systems. The company is led by a diverse, international team that fosters a culture of creativity, teamwork, and inclusivity, driven by a shared passion for aviation and aerospace innovation. Through its groundbreaking work, MightyFly aims to revolutionize how UAVs are deployed in logistics and other industries, pushing the boundaries of what aerial technology can achieve. The environment at... Show More
Job Requirements
- Current commercial pilot license (CPL)
- Experience flying large UAVs or VTOL aircraft (more than 55 pounds)
- Part 107 certificate
- Proficient with computers and high tech hardware and software
- Level of comfort with trailers, towing, and general automotive preventive and basic maintenance needs
- Ability to plan and deliver on time
- Organizational skills
- Team leader and ability to work cross functionally
- Self-directed with the ability to work and thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- A personal drive to build systems from the ground up
- A strong interest for tackling and solving complex problems
Job Qualifications
- Current commercial pilot license (CPL)
- Experience flying large UAVs or VTOL aircraft (more than 55 pounds)
- Part 107 certificate
- Proficient with computers and high tech hardware and software
- Level of comfort with trailers, towing, and general automotive preventive and basic maintenance needs
- A personal drive to build systems from the ground up
- A strong interest for tackling and solving complex problems
- Self-directed with the ability to work and thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Ability to plan and deliver on time
- Organizational skills
- Team leader and ability to work cross functionally
- Familiarity with aviation certification standards and processes (nice to have)
- Military service background piloting large scale UAV (nice to have)
- Flight instructional experience (nice to have)
- Experience working on electric and combustion engine aircraft (nice to have)
- Comfortable performing routine general aviation (GA) maintenance (nice to have)
- 1+ year experience flying radio controlled (RC) model aircraft (nice to have)
Job Duties
- Perform test flights from our ground station as the pilot in command of both BVLOS and VLOS flights
- Perform flight test activities including mission flight test planning, flight briefings, and flight test safety reviews
- Maintain/conduct pre- and post-flight inspection of the UAV
- Manage the upkeep of our test site facility
- Provide feedback to the software team by testing UI interfaces and running simulations of various real life conditions and simulated failures
- Familiarize yourself with aircraft performance in the simulator
- Work with the team to create the concept of operations and training manuals
- Work with a multidisciplinary team to perform, analyze, and conduct ground testing
- Contribute in the build of the MightyFly aircraft
- Help launch our pilot program
- Help with FAA documentation
- Help maintain the aircraft
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