Skydio · 1 day ago
Senior Product Manager, Drone Hardware Platforms & Sensors
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, focusing on empowering a diverse audience of drone users. As a Senior Product Manager for Drone Hardware Platforms & Sensors, you will collaborate with customers and engineering teams to define and develop next-gen drone platforms and accessories, ensuring the delivery of impactful products for various sectors including enterprise and public safety.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Help shape our overall vehicle and hardware strategy in collaboration with our CEO and engineering executives, including the development of new hardware products, including new vehicle form factors
Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop visions and strategies to solve them
Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to solve the most important and impactful problems for our customers
Continually develop, own, and publish product requirement documents and roadmaps for Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software
Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute your product vision and requirements
Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development
Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success
Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring your products to market
Qualification
Required
5+ years of proven success in defining and delivering complex hardware products with integrated software
Deep technical understanding of IoT or camera/sensors product technologies
Experience launching robust hardware products for Enterprise, Public Safety or Defense Customers
Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills
Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs
Highly facilitative team player who strives to enable others to do their best work
A passion for speaking with -- and learning from -- customers
A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science
Preferred
An advanced degree or an MBA would be a plus, but is not required
Background experience in utilities, public safety or federal (ISR) workflows
Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
Expertise in camera interfaces, either in photography, videography, and/or for drone cameras
Benefits
Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan
Company
Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740MKey Investors
Linse CapitalAndreessen HorowitzN47
2024-11-15Series E· $170M
2023-02-27Series E· $230M
2021-02-28Series D· $170M
Leadership Team
Adam Bry
Co-founder & CEO
Tom Moss
COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)
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