{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"2ae36b3d4e4f2a68f5a86dce","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2ae36b3d4e4f2a68f5a86dce","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2ae36b3d4e4f2a68f5a86dce","title":"Flight Systems Engineer","description":"Haast Autonomous is building an autonomous aircraft network for time-sensitive medical logistics. We’re developing long-range VTOL aircraft, autonomy software, and the operational foundation needed to move critical payloads between hospitals, labs, and healthcare facilities on-demand faster and more reliably.\nWe’re early, small, and moving quickly. Joining now means you'll have a direct role in shaping the foundation of Haast — our culture, engineering process, testing discipline, partner relationships, and the path from prototype to a real medical logistics network.\nWe’re looking for high-agency people who want ownership, urgency, and system-level impact from day one.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Flight Systems Engineer at Haast, you will own the systems that transform our aircraft from hardware into a reliable, autonomous flying platform.\nYou will work across autopilot setup, avionics integration, sensors, wiring, telemetry, power distribution, failsafes, flight modes, tuning, and flight-test support. You will help us understand why the aircraft behaved in a certain way, what needs to change, and how to improve the next test.\nThis is one of the most important technical roles at Haast. Reliability begins here.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\nOwn autopilot configuration, tuning, and flight control setup for fixed-wing VTOL aircraft\nWork with ArduPilot, PX4, Mission Planner, QGroundControl, MAVLink, or similar systems\nIntegrate GPS, airspeed sensors, telemetry radios, RC links, ADS-B, payload sensors, servos, ESCs, and other avionics\nDesign, build, and debug wiring harnesses, power distribution systems, connectors, and avionics layouts\nDevelop and validate failsafes, geofencing, lost-link behavior, emergency procedures, and flight modes\nReview flight logs and diagnose issues related to controls, sensors, vibration, power, telemetry, configuration, or airframe behavior\nBuild SITL/HITL workflows and connect simulation behavior to real aircraft operations\nPrepare aircraft for flight tests through parameter reviews, pre-flight checks, and system validation\nCollaborate with mechanical, simulation, and flight-test engineers to improve reliability\nDocument avionics architecture, wiring diagrams, parameter changes, test results, and lessons learned\nHelp build the controls and avionics foundation for a scalable autonomous aircraft network\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\nExperience building, tuning, testing, or flying UAVs\nStrong working knowledge of ArduPilot, PX4, or similar autopilot systems\nComfortable reading flight logs and identifying root causes\nExperience with GPS, airspeed sensors, telemetry radios, servos, ESCs, power systems, batteries, and wiring\nAbility to debug real hardware issues using logs, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or any necessary tool\nGood understanding of flight modes, control loops, sensor behavior, and aircraft dynamics\nHands-on ability with soldering, crimping, wiring, bench testing, and field troubleshooting\nStrong safety judgment and calm decision-making during test operations\nStartup mindset: high ownership, practical, fast, low ego\n\nNice to Have\nExperience with fixed-wing VTOL aircraft\nExperience with larger UAVs, long-range UAVs, or logistics aircraft\nExperience with BVLOS preparation, Remote ID, ADS-B, detect-and-avoid, or FAA test environments\nExperience debugging vibration, EMI, GPS multipath, noisy power, or sensor dropouts\nPython, MATLAB, or scripting experience for flight-log analysis\nExperience with redundant avionics, safety cases, or aviation-grade documentation\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nWithin your first month, you will understand the current aircraft configuration, address important avionics and parameter issues, review past flight logs, and identify the main reliability blockers.\nWithin three months, Haast should be running more repeatable flight tests with improved wiring, cleaner configuration, stronger failsafes, clearer logs, and deeper insight into the next steps for the aircraft.\nWe care more about agency, ownership, taste, and evidence that you can build than whether you match every bullet point. 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We’re developing long-range VTOL aircraft, autonomy software, and the operational foundation needed to move critical payloads between hospitals, labs, and healthcare facilities on-demand faster and more reliably.\nWe’re early, small, and moving quickly. Joining now means you'll have a direct role in shaping the foundation of Haast — our culture, engineering process, testing discipline, partner relationships, and the path from prototype to a real medical logistics network.\nWe’re looking for high-agency people who want ownership, urgency, and system-level impact from day one.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Flight Systems Engineer at Haast, you will own the systems that transform our aircraft from hardware into a reliable, autonomous flying platform.\nYou will work across autopilot setup, avionics integration, sensors, wiring, telemetry, power distribution, failsafes, flight modes, tuning, and flight-test support. You will help us understand why the aircraft behaved in a certain way, what needs to change, and how to improve the next test.\nThis is one of the most important technical roles at Haast. Reliability begins here.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\nOwn autopilot configuration, tuning, and flight control setup for fixed-wing VTOL aircraft\nWork with ArduPilot, PX4, Mission Planner, QGroundControl, MAVLink, or similar systems\nIntegrate GPS, airspeed sensors, telemetry radios, RC links, ADS-B, payload sensors, servos, ESCs, and other avionics\nDesign, build, and debug wiring harnesses, power distribution systems, connectors, and avionics layouts\nDevelop and validate failsafes, geofencing, lost-link behavior, emergency procedures, and flight modes\nReview flight logs and diagnose issues related to controls, sensors, vibration, power, telemetry, configuration, or airframe behavior\nBuild SITL/HITL workflows and connect simulation behavior to real aircraft operations\nPrepare aircraft for flight tests through parameter reviews, pre-flight checks, and system validation\nCollaborate with mechanical, simulation, and flight-test engineers to improve reliability\nDocument avionics architecture, wiring diagrams, parameter changes, test results, and lessons learned\nHelp build the controls and avionics foundation for a scalable autonomous aircraft network\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\nExperience building, tuning, testing, or flying UAVs\nStrong working knowledge of ArduPilot, PX4, or similar autopilot systems\nComfortable reading flight logs and identifying root causes\nExperience with GPS, airspeed sensors, telemetry radios, servos, ESCs, power systems, batteries, and wiring\nAbility to debug real hardware issues using logs, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or any necessary tool\nGood understanding of flight modes, control loops, sensor behavior, and aircraft dynamics\nHands-on ability with soldering, crimping, wiring, bench testing, and field troubleshooting\nStrong safety judgment and calm decision-making during test operations\nStartup mindset: high ownership, practical, fast, low ego\n\nNice to Have\nExperience with fixed-wing VTOL aircraft\nExperience with larger UAVs, long-range UAVs, or logistics aircraft\nExperience with BVLOS preparation, Remote ID, ADS-B, detect-and-avoid, or FAA test environments\nExperience debugging vibration, EMI, GPS multipath, noisy power, or sensor dropouts\nPython, MATLAB, or scripting experience for flight-log analysis\nExperience with redundant avionics, safety cases, or aviation-grade documentation\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nWithin your first month, you will understand the current aircraft configuration, address important avionics and parameter issues, review past flight logs, and identify the main reliability blockers.\nWithin three months, Haast should be running more repeatable flight tests with improved wiring, cleaner configuration, stronger failsafes, clearer logs, and deeper insight into the next steps for the aircraft.\nWe care more about agency, ownership, taste, and evidence that you can build than whether you match every bullet point. 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