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Director of Software

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead software execution and roadmap for autonomous long-range cargo aircraft flying real missions, bridging software, aircraft, operators, and customers.

Role type

Director of Software (Hands-on IC leadership)

Builds

Autonomous cargo aircraft software systems (SkyNav, autonomy stack, internal tools)

Domain

Aviation + Autonomous Systems + Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Software execution & roadmap ownership, Team building & scaling, Org design, Systems thinking (autonomy/frontend/backend/infra), Hardware-software integration, Python, C++, JavaScript

Preferred skills

Production hardware/flight systems experience, Startup scaling experience, ROS, ElectronJS, Ardupilot, Mavlink

Responsibilities

Own software execution and roadmap across autonomy and SkyNav, Build and lead software teams (hiring, performance, growth), Act as player coach (write code, review code, solve hard problems), Partner with hardware/flight/manufacturing to ensure co-evolution, Iterate software based on live deployment feedback, Improve reliability and maintainability for scaling fleets

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC leadership

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