Senior Android Engineer — Real-Time Drone Interfaces

Precision Labs; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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401K

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Skydio, the leading US drone company, is seeking a Senior Android Engineer who blends product intuition with engineering excellence. You’ll bridge Skydio’s autonomous flight engine, cloud services, and controller hardware to deliver real-time, reliable operator experiences.

You’ll design high-performance interfaces for real-time control and video streaming, integrate native C++ with Kotlin UI, and collaborate across autonomy, firmware, cloud, and product teams to raise the bar on software

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with Android and C++.
• Deep experience with the Android NDK and JNI.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and the modern Android ecosystem.
• Experience with graphics APIs such as Vulkan, OpenGL ES, or Metal.
• Strong debugging and profiling across the native/managed boundary.
• Experience with low-latency network communication.
• FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days is encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive, high-performance operator interfaces for real-time drone control, video streaming, and mission management
• Work cross-functionally with autonomy, firmware, cloud, and product teams to translate complex system capabilities into simple, reliable user experiences
• Architect and build product features that bridge C++ autonomy engine, Android application layer, and cloud services
• Build and leverage AI-powered agentic workflows to accelerate engineering velocity
• Champion the product engineer mindset and own outcomes from hardware to cloud
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar on software quality and system design

Skills

Android development

C++

Kotlin/Java

JNI/NDK

Linux

Low-latency networking

Graphics APIs

Tools

Android NDK

JNI

Gradle

Bazel

Android Studio

Job description

Skydio, the leading US drone company, is seeking a Senior Android Engineer who blends product intuition with engineering excellence. You’ll bridge Skydio’s autonomous flight engine, cloud services, and controller hardware to deliver real-time, reliable operator experiences.

You’ll design high-performance interfaces for real-time control and video streaming, integrate native C++ with Kotlin UI, and collaborate across autonomy, firmware, cloud, and product teams to raise the bar on software