SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVTOL´s.

SkyFive’s A2G software stack is the underlying enabler for broadband connectivity services for commercial aviation as well as for high-reliability connectivity network services for command and control communication and remote control electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) in urban air mobility (UAM). SkyFive’s A2G software stack spans SW components running in the aircraft as well as on ground infrastructure in the cloud.

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey?

Roles and responsibilities:

As Lead System Engineer - Application Development of A2G Software Stack, you are responsible for managing the feature-oriented technical requirement design, interacting and steering of partners, suppliers and internal teams during implementation and integration across multiple business domains. You demonstrate and hand over the integrated requirements to the internal integration & verification team and the customers for final approval. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Definition and management of technical requirements for A2G software stack based on customer requirements across commercial aviation and urban air mobility business domains
• All responsibilities of a product owner (including the creation of clear user stories / requirements based on overall system requirements)
• Contribute to the release planning / backlog definition and reporting
• Collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders (such as product management, system design team, architects, integration & verification, and 3^rd party development teams) to define and deliver the product with excellent customer experience
• Coordinate with other system engineers to define the steps/plans that are needed to deliver the end-to-end implementation and integration of a requirements
• Lead the execution of the agreed plans and remove upcoming impediments or escalate if it cannot be solved on this level

Qualifications:

• Experience & education
  • Degree in engineering, computer science or a related field
  • 10 years working experience in system engineering or SW development
• Technical skills:
  • Strong software engineering background
  • Hands-on experience with Software Configuration Management, CI/CD pipelines and Issue tracking tools such as gitlab, JIRA etc.
  • Knowledge and experience of both Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies
  • Knowledge and exposure to cloud technologies like MS Azure, AWS is highly desirable
  • Prior experience with aircraft communication systems (e.g., from commercial or business aviation, helicopters)
  • Solid technical understanding of 4G and 5G mobile networks is a plus
• Soft skills
  • Strong analytical thinking & problem solving
  • Ownership & commitment to product success
  • Agility to work in a highly dynamic startup environment
  • Structured way of working, teamwork, and willingness to take responsibility
  • Superior networker and a team player with “can do” attitude
  • Ask why & how from design and product development teams and document the decisions taken from that information
  • Willingness to get in depth product knowledge and understand the technical composition of it
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to adapt to different teams and personality types and to moderate between them
  • Fluent communications in English, in oral and written forms; German is a plus

Location: Munich or Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working

SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVTOL´s. 

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey? 

Roles and responsibilities: 

The primary objective of the role is to design and provide connectivity solutions to the Commercial Airline sector globally. This role will ensure robust, resilient and adaptable solutions, within the constraints of aeronautical certification. Driving system design by both hands-on development/assessment of available technologies and relevant design documentation. Ensuring timely and cost-efficient fixes to the SkyFive portfolio of connectivity solutions.

Key Responsibilities include: 

• Internal Owner of the detailed system design and solution for SkyFive connectivity solutions for commercial aviation
• Build a small team to ensure the support of such solutions in the production environment (3^rd line Support)
• Foster a Data Driven Decision making, continual improvement, culture to manage the connectivity solutions
• Creation and documentation of technical requirements specifications and system designs
• Ensure effective management both technically and commercially of suppliers and customers in conjunction with internal stakeholders
• Ensure that the solutions are scalable, constructed in a cost-effective manner, to support at least 10,000 aircraft
• Require significant interaction and coordination with suppliers, product management, test and verification teams as well as the wider SkyFive organization such as, procurement, COO and CTO
• Ensure a continual improvement mentality
• Develop, assess and manage RFPs towards suppliers
• Provide technical guidance to integration and verification team during test design, execution, and evaluation and participates in root-cause analysis

Qualifications: 

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree (satellite communications / telecommunications / aeronautical engineering) or relevant working technical experience
• More than 10 years demonstrable experience in the delivery and management of solutions within the aeronautical connectivity space or an equivalent field 
• More than 10 years of hands-on demonstrable knowledge of open-source solutions and technologies from a SW development and management perspective with particular focus on continual improvement processes.
• Experience in working with partners to create ISP solutions for the aeronautical connectivity space
• Clear and concise communication skills; ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Commercially astute; proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals.
• Significant experience in managing people 

Location: Munich, Germany / Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working

SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVOTL’s. 

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey? 

Roles and responsibilities:

The primary objective of the role is to structure and build a test facility and coordinate operations of this test facility to ensure the robustness/reliability/quality of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions to the Commercial Airline sector globally. 

This role requires significant hands-on experience and extensive knowledge of bug tracking and testing frameworks including automation.  This is a gatekeeper role which ensures that solutions delivered in the field are in accordance with the customer requirements and are robust, resilient and performant.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Internal owner of integration and testing of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions 
• Owner of customer acceptance plans, their execution and where necessary demonstration to the customer of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions 
• Build a test and verification environment. This environment should be as automated as possible and integrated with the solution design software delivery approach
• Foster a data driven decision making, continuous improvement, culture to manage the test and integration environment
• Require significant interaction and coordination with customer test team, system design, product management and the wider SkyFive such as, procurement, COO and CTO
• Ensure a continuous improvement mentality

Qualifications:

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree (satellite communications / telecommunications / aeronautical engineering) or relevant working technical experience, preferably within a team leadership role
• More than 10 years demonstrable experience in integration and testing of distributed software systems
• More than 10 years of hands-on demonstrable knowledge of open-source solutions and technologies from a test and integration perspective
• Clear and concise communication skills; ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience
• Commercially astute; proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals
• Project management experience preferred
• Fluent communications in English, in oral and written forms; German is a plus

Location: Munich, Germany / Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working

SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVOTL’s. 

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey? 

Roles and responsibilities:

The primary objective of the role is to build a test facility and using this test facility to ensure the robustness/reliability/quality of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions to the Commercial Airline sector globally. 

This role requires significant hands-on experience and extensive knowledge of bug tracking and testing frameworks including automation.  This is a gatekeeper role in which ensures that solutions delivered in the field are in accordance with the customer requirements and are both robust and resilient.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Integration and testing of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions
• Creation of customer acceptance plans, their execution and where necessary demonstration to the Customer of SkyFive’s connectivity solutions 
• Build a test and verification environment. This environment should be as automated as possible and integrated with the solution design software delivery approach
• Foster a data driven decision making, continuous improvement, culture to manage the test and integration environment
• Require significant interaction and coordination with Customer Test Team, System Design, Product Management and the wider SkyFive such as, Procurement, COO and CTO
• Ensure a continuous improvement mentality

Qualifications:

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree (satellite communications / telecommunications / aeronautical engineering) or relevant working technical experience
• More than 5 years demonstrable experience in integration and testing of communication solutions and/or distributed software systems
• More than 5 years of hands-on demonstrable knowledge of open-source solutions and technologies from a test and integration perspective
• Clear and concise communication skills; ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience
• Commercially astute; proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals
• Fluent communications in English, in oral and written forms; German is a plus

Location: Munich, Germany / Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working

SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVOT’s. 

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey? 

Roles and responsibilities:

The primary objective of the role is to manage the SkyFive services, using A2G networks around the globe on both Commercial Aircraft (CA) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to deliver the contractual service level agreements.  This role also encompasses the design and implementation of supporting infrastructure as well as the building of a service support team. This role will also ensure that the end-to-end systems are monitored and incidents with ground, satellite and airborne equipment and software are managed in a timely fashion. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Build and mature a multi-disciplined organisation to manage SkyFive’s contracted services in an efficient manner
• Deliver and implement a 24x7 operational management solution 
• Build and maintain a service operations infrastructure to support the management of SkyFive Services
• Foster a data driven decision making, continual improvement, culture to manage performance across the team and the contracted managed services 
• Ensure SkyFive attains and sustains the contracted SLA for the services offered
• Ensure effective management both technically and commercially of suppliers and customers in conjunction with internal stakeholders
• Ensure that the organisation and the service operations infrastructure is scalable, in a cost-effective manner, to support at least 10,000 aircraft
• Require significant interaction and coordination with airline customers, suppliers, and the wider SkyFive organization such as procurement, COO and CTO
• Ensure a continuous improvement mentality to support infrastructure from an end-to-end perspective

Qualifications:

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree (satellite communications / telecommunications / aeronautical engineering) or relevant working technical experience
• More than 10 years demonstrable experience in the delivery and management of support systems, within the aeronautical connectivity space or an equivalent field 
• More than 10 years of hands-on demonstrable knowledge of ticketing systems, databases, performance management systems, configuration management systems, big data systems and real time management systems
• More than 10 years’ experience of operational requirements and their associated delivery 
• Clear and concise communication skills; ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience
• Commercially astute; proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals
• Significant experience in managing people including on call operational level 2 support staff
• Deployment of real time open-source infrastructure management such as Nagios, OTRS, NMS etc.
• Fluent communications in English, in oral and written forms; German is a plus

Location: Munich, Germany / Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working

SkyFive is start-up company specialized in inflight connectivity (IFC) based on Air-to-Ground (A2G) technology. Tailored to the requirements of the aviation industry our A2G technology approach leverages state-of-the art 4G and 5G cellular technologies on the ground and in the aircraft. Our team has led A2G from early research to large-scale implementation in more than 30 countries in Europe. With well-established industry partnerships worldwide, we are now on our way to global expansion for connecting commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and eVOTL’s. 

We are looking to grow our team, both at our homebase in Germany and in our target markets, with people who are enthusiastic about connecting aircraft and want to work at a new intersection of aviation and telecommunications. Do you have the pioneering spirit and hands-on attitude to join our journey? 

Roles and responsibilities:

Inside the service support team, the primary objective of the role is to manage the SkyFive services, using A2G networks around the globe, on both Commercial Aircraft (CA) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to deliver the contracted service level agreements.  This role will also ensure that the end-to-end systems are monitored and incidents with ground, satellite and airborne equipment and software are managed in a timely fashion. While supporting the operations of both CA and UAM sector this role will have significant focus on the building of infrastructure necessary for the effective monitoring and management of commercial airlines service level agreements. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide Level 2 support to SkyFive solutions on both CA and UAM sectors on a global basis
• Build and maintain a service operations infrastructure to support the management of SkyFive services, with particular focus on commercial airlines
• Proactively improve service systems and support by timely feedback to improve the service offering
• Ensure SkyFive attains and sustains the contracted SLA for the services offered
• Ensure that the service operations infrastructure is scalable, in a cost-effective manner, to support at least 10,000 aircraft
• Interaction and coordination with airline customers, suppliers, and the wider SkyFive such as, system design, integration and testing

Qualifications:

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree (satellite communications / telecommunications / aeronautical engineering) or relevant working technical experience
• Significant experience in providing level 2 support within the aeronautical connectivity, telecommunications domain or an equivalent field
• More than 5 years demonstrable experience in the delivery and management of support systems, within the aeronautical connectivity or telecommunications domain or an equivalent field 
• More than 5 years of hands-on demonstrable knowledge of ticketing systems, databases, performance management systems, configuration management systems, big data systems and real time management systems
• More than 5 years’ experience of operational requirements and their associated delivery 
• Clear and concise communication skills; ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience
• Commercially astute; proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals
• Fluent communications in English, in oral and written forms; German is a plus

Location: Munich, Germany / Stuttgart, Germany / Europe with flexible remote working