Jobs at Skydio

Work as a hardware product management intern shaping drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories. Engage customers and engineers, write product requirement documents, run field research and analytics, collaborate on launches, pricing, and go-to-market activities, and drive self-contained projects expected to ship during or shortly after the internship.

Deploys, configures, tests, and supports cloud-connected drone and dock systems for Japanese enterprise and government customers. Troubleshoots hardware, networking, firmware, flight, connectivity, and media-streaming issues through log analysis and structured escalation. Manages implementation projects, supports customers and partners, communicates in Japanese and English, and influences product roadmaps through customer feedback. The role requires onsite deployments, cross-functional collaboration, proactive account support, and 30–50% travel.

Design and implement real-time computer vision algorithms for autonomous drones, including estimation, mapping, tracking, classification, and detection. Research and prototype new approaches, optimize systems for computationally constrained environments, measure vision-system performance, and contribute to software engineering across the platform. The role requires expertise in visual odometry, state estimation, mapping, SLAM, probabilistic inference, 3D geometry, deep learning, and high-proficiency C++.

Coordinates candidate interviews, onsite visits, office tours, university recruiting events, career fairs, and intern onboarding. Maintains accurate Applicant Tracking System records, resolves scheduling conflicts, and supports People team projects involving employer branding, swag, and events. The role requires strong organization, communication, customer service, technology adoption, and onsite availability at the San Mateo headquarters.

Lead development of high-performance React Native mobile applications for drone pilots, first responders, mission commanders, and public users. Build video- and map-based interfaces, optimize native and cross-platform performance, establish architecture and testing standards, and own features through rollout. Collaborate with autonomy and cloud teams on real-time, data-intensive experiences involving telemetry, video, multi-drone operations, and field feedback.

Define, design, configure, test, and implement business system solutions supporting Sales, Hardware Operations, and Finance. Translate business requirements into system specifications, lead NetSuite and related system implementation projects, produce documentation, conduct user acceptance testing, resolve issues, and support mission-critical systems. Partner with internal stakeholders and external technology providers while driving process optimization, productivity, and profitability.

Product Counsel will develop and execute product legal strategy, advise marketing, product, and software engineering teams, ensure product compliance across domestic and international markets, identify and mitigate legal risks, build cross-functional relationships, and create efficient legal processes. The role requires broad expertise across intellectual property, compliance, commercial matters, and hardware and software products, supporting innovation in an entrepreneurial environment.

Lead the development and implementation of operations and manufacturing systems for scaling facilities. Assess make-versus-buy options, manage third-party implementations, build Palantir applications, integrate data sources, maintain the Palantir ontology, and optimize material flow, engineering change orders, production scheduling, factory execution, and quality. Partner with production, supply chain, quality, planning, engineering, and external developers to define requirements, manage milestones, and drive scalable automation and analytics solutions.

Own the Palantir Foundry platform from a finance perspective, developing data pipelines, integrations, ontologies, applications, and interactive dashboards. Troubleshoot data and system issues, document reverse ETL flows and technical specifications, and improve business processes through automation. The role requires experience with data visualization, Databricks or similar platforms, PySpark, TypeScript, NetSuite integrations, and data analysis.

Lead strategy and end-to-end delivery for Skydio’s X10 Dock hardware and software ecosystem. Own product requirements, roadmaps, customer discovery, reliability, and product strategy while partnering with engineering, design, sales, customer success, and marketing. Guide development across hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning, and drive customer enablement and successful product launches.

The role involves developing and integrating wireless systems for drones, focusing on RF performance, cellular hardware, and certification processes. Responsibilities include system architecture definition, product validation, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize wireless connectivity and performance.

Supports environmental health and safety programs across headquarters, R&D, field operations, deployments, customer sites, and laboratories. Conducts hazard analyses, risk assessments, inspections, incident investigations, audits, and corrective-action tracking. Develops training, procedures, emergency plans, contractor safety processes, and regulatory controls covering rooftops, electrical systems, batteries, ladders, weather, and field operations. Maintains EHS records and dashboards while partnering with operational, engineering, facilities, and business teams to build scalable safety infrastructure.

Own systems requirements, architecture, integration, verification, reliability analysis, and failure resolution for autonomous flying robots. Lead system bring-up, performance testing, telemetry and field-data analysis, risk assessments, test infrastructure, and cross-functional issue triage across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and autonomy teams. Establish technical standards and independently solve ambiguous, multidisciplinary reliability problems.

Own system requirements, architecture, integration, verification, performance testing, reliability analysis, and failure resolution for autonomous flying robots. The role coordinates mechanical, electrical, embedded, and autonomy disciplines; analyzes flight telemetry and field data; develops test infrastructure and diagnostic processes; performs product bring-up; and drives root-cause analysis and cross-functional issue resolution.

Conducts flight, software, hardware, regression, wireless, and web application testing for autonomous drone products. The intern validates software updates and customer-facing features, identifies product limitations, collects flight data, supports competitive benchmarking, and collaborates with engineers to improve the Skydio Dock and flying platform. The role requires debugging, UAS operation, Linux experience, system integration knowledge, thorough documentation, and outdoor testing.

Research and develop computer vision and deep learning algorithms for autonomous drones. The intern will prototype and assess new approaches, implement autonomy features, quantify software and hardware performance, and contribute clean, well-architected code to production systems in collaboration with a core software development team.

Research and develop computer vision, deep learning, and autonomy algorithms for Skydio drones. Interns will prototype new approaches, assess feasibility, implement product features, and measure software and hardware performance. The role requires strong math, theory, and software development foundations, proficiency in C++ or Python and PyTorch, and interest in autonomous systems, computer vision, deep learning, motion planning, controls, graphics, distributed systems, or infrastructure.

Drive PTCRB and carrier certification testing for cellular-enabled drone products. Develop test plans, coordinate certification labs and carriers, provide onsite troubleshooting, analyze modem and RF logs, resolve protocol and interoperability failures, and support RF/OTA validation. Collaborate with engineering, vendors, labs, and mobile operators through product launch while improving certification processes and documentation. The role requires up to 50% travel to certification and carrier test labs.

Own end-to-end commercial drone deployments, including planning, pilots, scaled rollouts, operational handoffs, and post-launch stabilization. Manage cross-functional hardware, software, operational, regulatory, logistical, schedule, dependency, and risk workstreams. Partner with customers to develop procedures, safety controls, training, maintenance, and support plans, while coordinating internal teams and translating field requirements into product and engineering deliverables.

Lead embedded software development for autonomous drones and accessory products. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, implementing real-time vehicle software, integrating and validating camera and radio subsystems, bringing up and debugging hardware, developing sensor interfaces and drivers, and optimizing embedded systems. The role also provides technical direction and requires hands-on expertise in embedded Linux, microcontrollers, low-level firmware, ARM debugging, and embedded security.