Our V2 aircraft carries 30 lbs up to 500 miles, while our next-generation V3 carries 100 lbs over 1,000+ miles with 20+ hours of endurance. Both use a hybrid-electric architecture that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane, enabling long-range autonomous delivery without traditional runway infrastructure.
Today, Skyways aircraft operate across three continents in controlled national airspace under FAA oversight and in support of U.S. military operations. We are transitioning from prototype development to full-rate production and scaling toward large autonomous cargo fleets.
Backed by Y Combinator and a $37M AFWERX STRATFI award from the U.S. Air Force, Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization from Austin, Texas.
Skyways is hiring a Technical Sourcer to own top-of-funnel hiring across engineering, manufacturing, autonomy, hardware, robotics, operations, and technical leadership roles.
This role is about judgment, market understanding, and clean execution. You will help define where the right talent sits, find strong candidates, start the conversation, and hand off qualified people into the recruiting process.
Done well, this role directly shapes who joins Skyways. You will give hiring managers better options, help recruiting move faster, and build a clearer picture of the technical talent market as we scale.
What You'll Do:
Build market maps for priority technical roles
Source candidates across aerospace, autonomy, robotics, manufacturing, hardware, defense, and startup environments
Create and maintain searches in LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools
Run outbound outreach through LinkedIn, email, referrals, and targeted research
Lightly qualify candidates against role-specific rubrics
Partner with recruiting and hiring managers to define what “qualified” means for each role
Keep Lever clean with accurate stages, notes, responses, and follow-ups
Hand off qualified, interested candidates with clear context
Surface market signal around comp, titles, location, availability, and talent density
Help improve sourcing process, outreach quality, and pipeline visibility
What You'll Bring:
Proven technical sourcing experience for hard-to-fill roles in hardware, robotics, or adjacent deep-tech and physical-engineering domains (aerospace, defense, autonomy, or advanced manufacturing)
Ability to understand technical requirements and separate signal from noise
Strong search discipline, including Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, and creative sourcing paths
Clear, concise written communication
Good judgment on candidate fit, motivation, and relevance
Strong follow-through and pipeline hygiene
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities
Ownership mindset and the ability to work with limited structure
Bonus Points:
Experience sourcing for aerospace, UAVs, robotics, autonomy, manufacturing, defense, or hardware teams
Experience with Lever
Experience supporting startup or high-growth technical hiring
Familiarity with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, flight test, production, or embedded systems roles
Experience building referral maps or talent intelligence projects
Want to join our mission? Apply to learn more!
Due to U.S. government contract requirements, this role is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations.
Skyways is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
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