Skydio · 2 days ago
Systems Integration and Test Engineer (Mid to Senior Level)
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$128K/yr - $212K/yr
2+ years expSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. They are seeking a Systems Integration and Test Engineer to define, integrate, verify, and analyze failures of autonomous flying robots, ensuring product integrity across various applications.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Define comprehensive and testable system requirements in close partnership with product managers, designers, and developers for new products, ranging from product-level to component-level
Guarantee overall system performance and product integrity through system architecture definition, system to sub-system level design reviews, and component selection criteria
Define and implement cross-functional system behaviors and telemetry to optimize lifetime system performance, health, and field diagnostics
Perform initial bring-up and performance verification during new product introduction
Act as the first responder for early system failures, triage cross-functional issues between mechanical, electrical, embedded, autonomy, etc. and creatively drive issue resolution and verification
Immerse yourself in massive datasets from flight telemetry and field analytics to learn from existing programs, perform risk assessments, inform prognostic and condition-based maintenance protocols, and implement future mitigations
Implement processes and tools to enable efficient product development and testing, including test infrastructure (SW and HW), system maturity/risk tracking, and accountability systems
Qualification
Required
2+ years experience in hands-on definition, design, analysis, testing, modeling, and delivery of highly reliable electro-mechanical systems in rapid development environments
Systems-engineering approach to problem solving, and a knack for rapidly identifying issues within mechanical, electrical, and software domains. Ability to work broadly across multiple domains, identify the critical path, and dive deep when necessary
Knowledge of design for reliability principles, physics of failure, and integration risks of critical electronics subsystems such as PCBAs, motors, batteries, cameras, compute modules, or sensors
Experience in Python and/or SQL to analyze datasets for applications in specification definition, risk assessments, and reliability data analysis, and write scripts to execute commands on electro-mechanical systems
Passion for communicating the nuances of hardware/systems reliability to internal and external cross functional teams to help drive organizational priorities
A keen eye for identifying and prioritizing risks, and taking extreme ownership in finding and implementing creative resolutions
Benefits
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
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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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