Base Salary
$170k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build replay and analysis systems for inspecting and reproducing recorded autonomy behavior.
- Develop scalable infrastructure for automated testing, simulation, log processing, diagnostics, and failure triage.
- Define APIs, data contracts, and performance requirements across autonomy software and robotics middleware.
- Build reliable, performant, and usable developer infrastructure and tools for autonomy workflows.
- Lead scalable tooling design and implementation across autonomy development and testing.
- Collaborate with autonomy, QA, and infrastructure teams to gather requirements and deliver tooling.
- Own internal services from concept through deployment and monitoring.
- Contribute to the roadmap for developer tools that improve debugging efficiency, test coverage, and system understanding.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in robotics, simulation, or systems development.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python, including performance-sensitive and multithreaded systems.
- Experience with simulation frameworks, time-synchronized data systems, or state-machine-driven applications.
- Familiarity with structured data visualization, log processing, or developer tooling design.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience with profiling, multithreading, and real-time constraints in robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar domains is a bonus.
- Exposure to robotics, simulation, or physics engines is a bonus.
- Background in telemetry systems, log ingestion pipelines, or automated test environments is a bonus.
- Front-end development experience with modern web frameworks such as React, TypeScript, Three.js, or Plotly is a bonus.
- Familiarity with distributed systems or cloud-hosted services is a bonus.
Benefits
- Annual base salary of $170,000-$240,000.
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Group health insurance plans.
- Paid vacation time, sick leave, and holiday pay.
- 401K savings plan.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.
- Regular, full-time employee benefits are subject to applicable laws, company policies, and eligibility criteria.
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About Skydio
Skydio is the leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer and the world leader in autonomous flight technology. We leverage breakthrough artificial intelligence to create flying robots that are easier to operate, safer to fly, and more capable in complex environments. Our systems are trusted by more than 3,800 agencies and organizations across the U.S. military, public safety, and critical infrastructure sectors. Skydio Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs now operate in 42 states, and more than 16M Americans live within the response zone of a DFR Dock. In total, Skydio supports more than 1,200 public safety agencies – double the number from a year ago. More than 250 utilities rely on Skydio for inspection programs that improve reliability and worker safety. In national security, they are supporting mission-critical operations both on the battlefield and across military installations, keeping our nation and our allies secure. Founded in 2014, Skydio designs, assembles, and supports its products in the U.S., with headquarters in San Mateo, CA, and manufacturing facilities in Hayward, CA. We are the largest drone manufacturer in the U.S. and have shipped more than 60,000 flying robots. The company is backed by top investors and strategic partners, including Andreessen Horowitz, Linse Capital, N47, IVP, Playground, and NVIDIA.