# Chief Engineer

We’re on a mission to make the skies safe and accessible for everyone. Our technology gives pilots greater control by simplifying the management of any aircraft during standard flight operations, inclement weather, and emergencies. Our SkyOS solution, rigorously and relentlessly developed by skilled and dedicated Skyrysers, is the key to unlocking this unbounded future. Our technology, combined with our commitment to saving lives and our passion for aviation, will empower everyone to experience the joy and freedom of flight. CHIEF ENGINEER - El Segundo, CA The Chief Engineer is the senior technical authority for our fly-by-wire flight control systems, accountable for taking complex engineering programs from concept through certification and deployment. You will own the architectural vision for the fly-by-wire system and, just as importantly, own its execution: setting the technical plan, coordinating engineering activity across software, hardware, and flight operations, resolving trade-offs, and holding the line on safety, performance, and regulatory requirements. You will work directly with the CEO, the VP of Engineering, and the VP of Certification to drive certification of SkyOS

- **Id**: 843554
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/skyryse-chief-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: El Segundo, United States, Los Angeles, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-02T20:47:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T08:34:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 69
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4224
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Avionics & Flight Control

## Company

- **Id**: 686796
- **Name**: Skyryse
- **Domain**: skyryse.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/skyryse-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.188
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 93
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 250000
- **Max**: 300000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 300000

## Technologies

- **DO-178C** — Optional: yes
- **DO-254** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 69

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T23:11:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 69
- **Expected fill days**: 93
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:late, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 300000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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