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 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.