7 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$170k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, simulate, and flight test new motion planning strategies.
- Develop, tune, and analyze new flight controllers.
- Refine and understand the aerodynamic and dynamic model of a tailsitter aircraft using simulated and flight-test data.
- Inform hardware design decisions, including sensor requirements and aerodynamic control authority, through simulation and analysis.
- Support work across the autonomy and aircraft development stack as needed.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python in real-time contexts.
- Experience shipping software that controls real hardware such as aircraft, drones, or robots.
- Knowledge of aircraft and rotorcraft dynamics.
- Experience with nonlinear optimization.
- Knowledge of modern and classical control theory and practice.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to clean, well-designed, maintainable, readable code.
- Experience collaborating in a larger codebase.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $170,000-$240,000.
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible regular, full-time employees.
- Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay, and a 401K savings plan.
- Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles.
- Regular, full-time employment with benefits subject to applicable laws, company policies, and eligibility criteria.
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.