5 months ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Conceive, design, implement, simulate, evaluate, and fly new motion-planning strategies.
- Define the data and interfaces needed for successful motion planning across the software system.
- Develop, tune, and evaluate low-level controllers.
- Collaborate with the UX team to define planning and UI boundaries for new interaction paradigms.
Requirements
- Experience writing software that controls real hardware, such as robotic arms, self-driving cars, or mobile robots.
- Knowledge of configuration and free-space representations.
- Knowledge of modern and classical control design methods.
- Knowledge of dynamic programming.
- Knowledge of nonlinear optimization.
- Strong software engineering foundation and commitment to clean, well-architected code.
- High proficiency in C++.
Tech Stack
Categories
Robotics
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.