Hybrid Senior Autonomy Engineer – Controls

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About the role

  • Skydio Senior Autonomy Engineer developing controls for drones with a focus on low-level motion planning. Collaborating across software systems to optimize hardware performance.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, tune, and evaluate low level controllers and trajectory optimization
  • Work across the software system to define the right data and interfaces for successful control
  • Work with the UX team to explore and define planning/UI boundaries for new interaction paradigms

Requirements

  • Industry or Research experience writing software that controls real hardware, e.g. grasping manipulation of a robotic arm, self-driving cars, aerial robots, or any kind of mobile robot
  • Modern and classical control design methods
  • High proficiency in C++
  • Dynamic programming
  • Non-linear optimization
  • Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well-architected code

Benefits

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Equity in the form of stock options
  • Comprehensive benefits packages
  • Health insurance
  • Paid vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan

Job title

Senior Autonomy Engineer – Controls

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$170,000 - $240,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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