Pyka

Compensation

Public job postings show equity plus competitive pay: software roles list roughly $118k-$168k, senior software $165k-$196k, electrical engineering $108k-$192k, associate electrical engineering $83k-$105k, and flight test/operator roles at about $34.50-$45/hour, all depending on location and experience.

Benefits

Pricing

Primarily aircraft sales with enterprise/operational deployment; Pelican 2 was publicly listed at a starting price of USD 550,000, with additional support and mission-specific deployment likely layered on top.

Differentiators

• —Dual-use platform spanning agriculture, cargo, and defense
• —Fully autonomous electric aircraft with no onboard pilot
• —FAA commercial authorization for commercial operation
• —Proprietary autonomy stack and in-house propulsion/airframe tech
• —Large payload heavy-lift capability
• —Real-world commercial operations across multiple continents
• —Rapid adaptation from commercial UAS to defense logistics
• —Low-drift, precision agricultural spraying

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