Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)

Buoyant Aero builds unmanned airships that move middle-mile air freight at half the cost of a small plane. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Location: New York, NY
Company size: 2–10
Posted: 2mo ago
Via: Yc

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Job listing · Updated 21 AUG 2026

Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)

Buoyant Aero· New York, NY, USView company profile

Job title: Avionics Lead (2-week contract, NYC area, on-site)
Job location: New York, NY, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buoyant-aero/jobs/txsoeCg-avionics-lead-2-week-contract-nyc-area-on-site
Job description: We’re looking for a hands-on RC aircraft builder/pilot to help us get a custom shaped blimp inflatable (LTA + tilt-rotor VTOL) flying outdoors. This is a 2-4 week, full-time, on-site contract focused on real flight and simulation. You’ll be working directly on a non-standard aircraft with custom control mixing, thrust vectoring, and field testing. **What you’ll be doing** * ArduPilot Plane on Pixhawk Cube Orange * Custom mixer logic, and programming (tilt rotors, nonstandard geometry) * Full avionics integration (GPS, telemetry, power, ESCs, servos) * Failsafes (RC/GPS/telemetry loss, etc.) * Hands-on wiring (crimping, soldering, looms) * Managing physics simulations to tune with hardware in the loop * Outdoor flight testing + piloting **You should have** * Built, wired, programmed, and flown your own RC aircraft * Strong ArduPilot / Pixhawk experience * Experience with unusual configs (VTOL, vectored thrust, etc.) * Comfort debugging hardware + control issues in the field **To apply** Send links/photos of **3+ aircraft you’ve personally built and flown**

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