Skydio
Systems Integration and Test Engineer
$149K–$200K
San Mateo, California, United States · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years.
About the job
Defines, integrates, verifies, and analyzes autonomous drone systems to ensure reliable performance across product development and real-world use.
What you'll do
- Define system requirements, architecture, and component selection criteria for new hardware products.
- Lead product bring-up, performance testing, failure triage, and cross-functional issue resolution.
- Analyze flight telemetry and field data to assess risks, improve reliability, and develop diagnostic and maintenance practices.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on experience defining, designing, analyzing, testing, modeling, and delivering highly reliable electro-mechanical systems in rapid development environments.
- Experience designing and executing system bring-up and performance verification tests, including mechatronic prototyping and fixture fabrication.
- Knowledge of design for reliability, physics of failure, and integration risks for critical electronics subsystems.
- Experience with Python and/or SQL for dataset analysis and scripting commands for electro-mechanical systems.
Pay
$149,000 - $200,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, PCBAs
AI focus
The role integrates and verifies autonomous systems that include real-time AI software; no separate AI development responsibilities are stated.
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