Autonomy Software Engineer - Flight Core

Key Skills

C++, Computer Vision (CV), Deep Learning, Effective communication skills, Python Programming

Job Description

About the role:

As an Autonomy Software Engineer in Flight Core, you’ll contribute to improving the robustness of our autonomy platform, developing new autonomous capabilities end-to-end, and deploying these products to customers tackling a wide range of use cases, including situational awareness, emergency response, inspection, mapping, inventory, and cinematography. These represent some of the first deployments of truly autonomous robots to perform valuable real-world tasks in large and critical industries.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Build complex autonomous capabilities through collaboration with our autonomy, mobile, platform, design, product, and flight test teams
• Rapidly prototype and iterate to validate industry requirements and take ownership of those prototypes as they mature into robust commercial products
• Guide the requirements, release, and testing process to ensure high quality deliverables
• Capture, understand, and react to customer feedback and potentially changing demands, and ensure day-to-day excellence of the software product
• Develop a deep understanding of core robotics principles coupled with a full understanding of how our system works
• Prototype and develop core autonomous flight and robotics algorithms as needed to expand our systems’ operational envelope
• Be a generalist helping out on all aspects of the software system when needed

What makes you a good fit:

• Experience building projects interfacing with and creating applications for robots or hardware devices
• Broad familiarity and preferably hands-on experience implementing state of the art algorithms in one or more of the following areas: computer vision, deep learning, motion planning, controls, robot autonomy software and hardware
• Highly curious, creative, and able to communicate concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to writing clean, well architected code
• High proficiency in C++ and preferably also Python
• Excited to use robotics to make the world safer, more productive, and more creative

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $156,000 - 215,000. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Skydio full-time employees are eligible to enroll in our benefit plans and take advantage of a variety of incentives and stipends.