
Hylight provides long-range, precise infrastructure inspections to help operators detect hazards and reduce environmental impact. The company uses HyLighter airship drones equipped with multi-sensor…

Hylight provides long-range, precise infrastructure inspections to help operators detect hazards and reduce environmental impact. The company uses HyLighter airship drones equipped with multi-sensor…
What they do: Hydrogen-powered autonomous airships (HyLighter) for long-endurance, zero-emission infrastructure inspections using multi-sensor payloads and AI analytics
Target customers: Large energy and infrastructure operators (utilities, pipeline and rail operators) in Europe
Founded: 2022
Recent funding: Seed round announced Apr 15, 2024; total funding reported ~$4.43M (USD)
Team size: Approximately 25 employees
Inspection and monitoring of energy and infrastructure networks to detect hazards and reduce environmental impact
2022
Data Infrastructure and Analytics
Latest funding round listed as Seed on Apr 15, 2024
“Backed by a mix of accelerators, venture investors and regional supporters including Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Collaborative Fund, Kima Ventures, Agoranov and others”
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About HyLight:
HyLight’s mission is to help society become more resilient to climate change by improving the observation and inspection of infrastructure.
We build HyLighters, airships that collect data across vast distances with zero emissions.
Our activities include:
By 2030, we aim to become the global leader in aerial monitoring.
In just 3 years, we have pushed the realm of possibilities: as we have:
HyLight is aiming for a diverse and included team, if your profile doesn't fit all the description but you can bring a diverse point of view, push it forward, it will be highly appreciated.
We’re well-funded and backed by top investors, providing the resources you wish you had when building your own business. We don’t care about traditional roles or titles—just that you’re smart, proactive, and bring the same founder-level ownership and drive to help us build something massive.
Job Summary:
This high-responsibility position is central to HyLight's core objectives. Your mission is to enable the HyLighter to fly in increasingly challenging scenarios: moving from VLOS to BVLOS and operating in high-population density areas. You will act as the regulatory bridge between our Tech, Operations, and Business development teams.
Personal Note from Josef (CTO)
"This role encompasses every facet of regulation: from securing flight authorizations and adapting our regulatory strategy to new drone laws, to managing high-level exchanges with French and European authorities. You will collaborate daily with our Tech team as they develop new HyLighters.
With thousands of flight hours ahead of us, the regulatory challenge is thrilling. Regulations for light drones like the HyLighter are currently being shaped at the national and European levels. This gives you a direct opportunity to influence the decision-making process and help write the future rules of the air."
The Mission:
Under the guidance of our CTO and in collaboration with the engineering teams, your responsibilities will include:
Mission 1: Regulatory Strategy & Development
Mission 2: Regulatory Representation
Mission 3: Operational Enablement:
Under the guidance of our CTO and in collaboration with the engineering teams, your responsibilities will include:
Profile Sought:
The following list of skills is exhaustive, while you may not perfectly fit with the profile, we highly value personal growth and development. We see our interns as potential future team leads at HyLight.
Technical Skills:
This is an exhaustive list of sought after skills, if you have
Soft Skills:
Languages:
French (professional working proficiency), English (fluent – internal communication and documentation)
What We Offer:
Why You Should Join:
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