Embedded Software Engineer

About Pyka Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation. To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes. Today, we supply autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four separate continents and have secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Our cargo aircraft enables remote connectivity, enhances express delivery networks, and ensures fast and reliable shipping of critical supplies to areas in need. Our crop protection aircraft offers agricultural services providers and farmers an autonomous tool to make aerial application safer, more precise, and less harmful to surrounding environments. Both vehicles are highly economical to operate, easy to deploy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions in their respective industries. What you work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one step closer each day. Role Overview Pyka is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with strong technical curiosity and a passion for building the low-level systems that power autonomous aircraft. In this role, you’ll contribute to the embedded software that runs on our flight computers, auxiliary computers, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing systems — the infrastructure that ensures our aircraft behave safely and reliably in the real world. You’ll work across firmware, hardware bring-up, and testing systems, taking ownership of key components while collaborating with electrical, avionics, systems, and flight control engineers. This is a hands-on role where you’ll build and improve real-time systems that directly impact flight performance and safety. If you’ve built embedded systems for robots, vehicles, or other real-time machines, you’ll feel at home shaping the foundation that every Pyka aircraft depends on. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply — we’d love to meet people who bring passion, curiosity, and the ability to grow into new challenges.