Senior UX Software Engineer, National Security

Skydio • MA

93d • $170,000 - $240,000

About The Position

As an User Experience (UX) Software Engineer at Skydio, you will help build the user-facing interfaces to our industry-leading autonomous small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) and deploy these products to our customers. You will design and develop the human-machine teaming front-end that enables a wide range of use cases, including situational awareness, emergency response, inspection, mapping, and a new paradigm of multi-platform coordination. As all end-users are exposed to the incredible capabilities of Skydio platforms through your software, these User Interfaces (UI) are extremely important and your work on them will thus be extraordinarily impactful. The National Security team at Skydio specializes in tailoring our technology platform to meet the needs of Defense users domestically and abroad. You will work with the broader Skydio engineering organization to align capabilities and UX with this user base and its unique needs.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
• Proficiency in Android including Java, Kotlin, and C++
• Experience developing Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for mobile devices
• Experience gathering user experience feedback and improving software from constructive criticism
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to writing clean, well architected code

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing Ground Control Station (GCS) software for robots
• Highly curious, creative, and able to communicate concepts to non-technical audiences
• Excited to use robotics to make the world safer, more productive, and more creative

Responsibilities

• Design and build user interfaces to Skydio products through collaboration across our autonomy, mobile, wireless, embedded, and flight test teams
• Work closely with Skydio colleagues to enhance user experience while operating Skydio products
• Rapidly prototype and iteratively enhance user interfaces to validate industry requirements and take ownership of those software products as they mature into robust commercial products
• Capture, understand, and react to customer feedback to drive rapid improvements to overall user experience

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Comprehensive benefits packages
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan
• Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees