Engineering Manager - Autonomy

Skydio is seeking world-class engineering leaders to join their team and help scale up their autonomy team. The role involves managing the execution of the product and technology roadmap, hiring and mentoring engineers, and driving infrastructure investments. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in software engineering, robotics, and computer vision, as well as proven leadership and communication skills. The job offers an opportunity to bring state-of-the-art autonomy technology to market and contribute to the future of drones and aerial transportation.

• Leverage product insight, robotics and/or computer vision, and high quality software engineering to bring state-of-the-art autonomy technology to market
• Execute on complex cross-team goals, collaborating across product management, embedded, mobile, cloud, hardware, and flight test teams with emphasis on excellent communication
• Hire and mentor elite engineers to scale up the team
• Uphold and improve Skydio's engineering standards using experience and best practices
• Manage the execution of the product + technology roadmap
• Responsible for one or more areas of ownership across core drone platforms, SW architecture, simulation, SDK, object detection, map infrastructure, situational awareness, computational photography, and state estimation
• Drive infrastructure investments that make the company successful
• Have a deep understanding of topics in robotics, computer vision, and software systems
• Demonstrate proven leadership, management, recruiting, team building, and communication skills
• Possess solid fundamentals in 3D geometry, mathematics, and linear algebra
• Experience with hardware is a plus but not required
• Love building flying robots and making them do amazing things in the world

• Hands-on technical leader with strong software engineering experience
• Deep understanding of topics in robotics, computer vision, and software systems
• Proven leadership, management, recruiting, team building, and communication skills
• Solid fundamentals in 3D geometry, mathematics, and linear algebra
• Experience with hardware is a plus but not required
• Passion for building flying robots and making them do amazing things in the world

• Competitive annual base salary range of $187,000 - $276,000
• Eligibility to enroll in benefit plans
• Variety of incentives and stipends available
• Opportunity to work with a leading US drone company and world leader in autonomous flight
• Empowerment to bring state-of-the-art autonomy technology to market
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Opportunity to hire and mentor elite engineers
• Upholding and improving engineering standards
• Solid fundamentals in 3D geometry, mathematics, and linear algebra
• Inclusive and diverse work environment
• Equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on various factors