10 months ago
Base Salary
$147k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop autonomous capabilities end-to-end and deploy them to customers across inspection, mapping, first-responder, security, patrol, and situational-awareness use cases.
- Develop core robotics algorithms that expand the autonomous operational envelope in challenging conditions, including nighttime, urban canyons, GNSS and C2 interference, maritime environments, and precipitation.
- Triage customer issues, identify trends, and improve system resilience to field failures.
- Research and develop simulated and real-world test infrastructure.
- Design, implement, simulate, evaluate, and fly motion-planning strategies.
- Maintain and improve software across the full stack while addressing technical debt and code quality.
- Collaborate with vision, planning and controls, deep learning, infrastructure, embedded, cloud, mobile, design, product, and flight-test teams.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience writing production-level code for autonomous robots, preferably flying robots.
- High proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Practical experience implementing state-of-the-art algorithms in robotics-adjacent areas such as computer vision, state estimation, motion planning, controls, sensor characterization and integration, or UAS software and hardware development.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and commitment to clean, well-designed, maintainable, readable code.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm for applying robotics to improve safety, productivity, and creativity.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, equity through stock options, comprehensive benefits, relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles
- Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401K savings plan
- Eligible regular full-time employees may enroll in group health insurance plans
About Skydio
Skydio builds autonomous drones, docking systems, and fleet management software for enterprise, public safety, and defense customers. It sells hardware with AI-based autonomy plus SaaS for fleet operations, inspections, and Drone-as-First-Responder programs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company designs and assembles its products in the U.S., with manufacturing in Hayward, and its systems are used across utilities, law enforcement, and the U.S. military.