Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer - Autonomous Systems

Booster; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Senior Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer to drive safety and reliability for autonomous flying machines serving enterprise, public safety, and defense applications.

You will define test strategies, lead validation from prototype to production, and collaborate with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust products. You will analyze flight telemetry data to identify issues and implement reliability improvements across domains.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on testing and delivery of highly reliable electro-mechanical systems with emphasis on high density PCBA test engineering.
• Experience leading technical validation programs end-to-end with test strategy, execution quality, and system readiness.
• Strong robotics testing experience with mechanical intuition.
• Extensive knowledge of physics of failure and integration risks of electronics/mechanical subsystems.
• Proficient in Python and/or SQL and ability to harness AI models to analyze large datasets; use data to improve testing.
• Ability to communicate hardware reliability to cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute comprehensive test strategies from prototyping through volume production to enable rapid discovery of failure modes.
• Lead validation planning, execution and risk management from early prototypes through volume production.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and software engineering to perform failure analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to design reviews with reliability inputs to mitigate risks from prototypes to customer shipment.
• Work across domains to improve product reliability in challenging environments.
• Analyze flight telemetry and customer data to identify problems, develop prognostic and conditional maintenance protocols.

Skills

Hardware testing

Test strategy

Root cause analysis

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Communication

Prognostic maintenance

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

Skydio is seeking a Senior Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer to drive safety and reliability for autonomous flying machines serving enterprise, public safety, and defense applications.

You will define test strategies, lead validation from prototype to production, and collaborate with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust products. You will analyze flight telemetry data to identify issues and implement reliability improvements across domains.