Autonomy Software Engineer

Skydio; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is hiring an Autonomy Engineer in the United States to advance our autonomy system, own end-to-end capability development, and deploy these capabilities to customers tackling inspection, mapping, DF R, security, and situational awareness use cases.

You'll collaborate across vision, planning & controls, deep learning, infrastructure, embedded, cloud, mobile, design, product, and flight test teams to develop core robotics algorithms that extend operation in challenging environments.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience writing production level code for autonomous robots.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and clean, maintainable code.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python with robotics concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own developing new autonomous capabilities end-to-end and deploying to customers.
• Develop core robotics algorithms to expand the autonomous envelope in challenging conditions.
• Triage customer issues and rapidly improve system resilience in the field.
• Collaborate across vision, planning & controls, deep learning, infrastructure, embedded, cloud, and product teams.
• Contribute to implementing, simulating, evaluating, and flying new motion planning strategies.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics fundamentals

Autonomy engineering

Tools

ROS

SLAM

Job description

• As an Autonomy Engineer, your primary goal will be to make our autonomy system more capable and more reliable for all of our customers
• You will own developing new autonomous capabilities end-to-end and deploying these capabilities to customers tackling a wide range of use cases, including inspection & mapping, drone-as-first-responder (DFR), security/patrols, situational awareness, and more
• These represent some of the first real-world deployments of truly autonomous robots performing valuable tasks in large and critical industries
• Build cutting-edge autonomous capabilities through tight cross functional collaboration with our vision, planning & controls, deep learning, infrastructure, embedded, cloud, mobile, design, product, and flight test teams
• Develop core robotics algorithms to expand our autonomous operational envelope in challenging environmental conditions, including night time, in urban canyons, in areas of GNSS and C2 interference, at sea, and in precipitation
• Triage customer issues, recognize trends, and rapidly make our system more resilient to failures seen in the field
• Research investments in simulated and in-real-life test infrastructure
• Develop a deep understanding of core robotics principles coupled with a full understanding of how our system works
• Help out across the full software stack when needed, maintaining the highest standards for code quality and proactively addressing tech debt
• Conceive, design, implement, simulate, evaluate, and fly new motion planning strategies to extend capabilities and improve customer experience

Excited to use robotics to make the world safer, more productive, and more creative

Strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to writing clean, well-designed, maintainable, readable code

Practical experience implementing state of the art algorithms in a robotics-adjacent area including computer vision, state estimation, motion planning, controls, sensor characterization and integration, UAS software and hardware development

Highly curious, creative, and able to communicate concepts to non-technical audiences

1+ years of experience writing production level code for autonomous robots, preferably flying robots with a high level of proficiency in C++ and Python