Engineering Manager - Autonomy
$187,000 - $276,000/Yr
Skydio - San Mateo, CA
posted 4 days ago
Full-time - Senior
San Mateo, CA
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
About the position
Skydio is seeking a world-class engineering leader to join its autonomy team, which is focused on delivering breakthrough products in drone technology. This role involves managing various aspects of core drone platforms, software architecture, and advanced technologies such as object detection and situational awareness. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing the product and technology roadmap, hiring and mentoring engineers, and driving infrastructure investments to support the company's vision.
Responsibilities
- Leverage product insight, robotics, and computer vision to bring state-of-the-art autonomy technology to market.
- Execute on complex cross-team goals, collaborating with product management, embedded, mobile, cloud, hardware, and flight test teams.
- Hire and mentor elite engineers to scale up the team.
- Uphold and improve Skydio's engineering standards using experience and best practices.
Requirements
- Hands-on technical leader with strong software engineering experience.
- Deep understanding of robotics, computer vision, and software systems.
- Proven leadership, management, recruiting, team building, and communication skills.
- Solid fundamentals in 3D geometry, mathematics, and linear algebra.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with hardware is a plus but not required.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Equity in the form of options
- Comprehensive benefits
- Various incentives and stipends
- Relocation assistance for eligible roles
