5 hours ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandIntern
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evolve the core architecture of the Skydio Simulator.
- Develop physics, dynamics, sensor, and hardware simulation models for vehicles and onboard components.
- Integrate and validate the full autonomy stack in simulation against real-world behavior.
- Build simulator features for training scenarios, testing modes, and internal engineering workflows.
- Profile and optimize simulator performance while improving realism and accuracy.
- Develop core simulator components in C++ and Python under near-real-time constraints.
- Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers and document simulator behavior.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering experience with C++ and Python.
- Experience building complex systems where performance, determinism, or correctness matter.
- Comfort reasoning about time-synchronized systems, state machines, or real-time execution.
- Ability to work in a large, evolving codebase with multiple stakeholders.
- Interest in robotics, simulation, or physical systems; prior robotics experience is a plus.
- Bonus experience with robotics, simulation, game engines, real-time systems, physics engines, sensor modeling, hardware abstraction layers, multithreaded systems, low-latency design, or software-physical system debugging.
Benefits
- Hourly compensation is $47/hr for undergraduate students, $53/hr for master's students, and $70/hr for PhD students.
- Full-time employees are eligible to enroll in benefit plans and access various incentives and stipends.
- The role is located in Zurich, with compensation varying by position location.
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.