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Senior Software Engineer HMI/UI/UX

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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,

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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 a Senior Software Engineer with a strong aesthetic sense and a passion for crafting seamless human-machine interfaces. In this role, you’ll take full ownership of our “Plane View” application — a real-time Qt/QML-based interface that plays a central role in our aircraft operations.

This project has evolved through team-wide contributions, and now it’s ready for a dedicated leader. You’ll bring structure, consistency, and technical depth to the application — transforming it into a reliable, elegant, and intuitive experience. If you've built UIs for complex systems like vehicles, medical devices, or robotics, you already know the challenges (and rewards) of designing interfaces people depend on in real-world environments.

Take full ownership of Plane View, our core Qt/QML application and other human-machine interfaces in our codebase

Define and uphold interface standards, visual consistency, and usability across our user interfaces

Design and implement intuitive, high-performance user interfaces for real-time systems

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team; guide interface architecture and improvements

Serve as the go-to UI/UX expert for the team and a key voice in product usability discussions

5+ years of experience in software engineering with a UI/UX focus

Strong experience with Qt (bonus points for QML)

Experience with modern (C++11 and beyond) C++ coding

A background in building human-machine interfaces — automotive, aerospace, medical devices, or similar

A keen eye for design and user experience — you care deeply about how software looks and feels

Able to work independently and take full ownership of complex projects

Experience with JavaScript is a plus, but Qt/QML proficiency is key

We understand that candidates bring different strengths and experiences, and you don’t need to meet every qualification to be considered. If this role excites you, we’d love to learn more about you. You may be a great fit even if your background doesn’t align perfectly with the list.

165,000-196,000 per year base salary + equity. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Salary ranges are subject to change.

Employer-sponsored health, dental and vision insurance

FSA with employer matching

401(k)

Paid holidays, generous PTO, and additional unpaid time off

Voluntary short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Free catered lunch and plenty of snacks