Skydio
Senior Autonomy Engineer - Controls
$170K–$240K
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 26, 2026
- Experience
- Industry or research experience required; no number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
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About the job
Develop and implement onboard motion-planning and low-level control software for autonomous drones, enabling stable flight and gimbal motion.
What you'll do
- Develop, tune, and evaluate low-level controllers and trajectory optimization.
- Define software-system data and interfaces needed for control.
- Work with UX to define planning and UI boundaries for new interaction paradigms.
What they ask for
- Industry or research experience writing software that controls real hardware.
- Knowledge of modern and classical control design methods, dynamic programming, and nonlinear optimization.
- High proficiency in C++.
- Solid software engineering foundation and commitment to clean, well-architected code.
Pay
$170,000 - $240,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++
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