About the job
At Skydio, the foremost American drone company and a global pioneer in autonomous flight, we are driving the future of drones and aerial mobility. Our team merges profound expertise in artificial intelligence with exceptional hardware and software development, operational excellence, and a relentless focus on customer satisfaction. We empower a diverse range of drone users, from utility inspectors and first responders to military personnel in challenging environments.
About the Role:
Reliability is our hallmark!
As we develop autonomous systems that integrate electronics, sensors, and real-time AI software, the complexity of these technologies, combined with their operation in unpredictable real-world settings, necessitates a well-defined performance, reliability, and integration strategy that is crucial to delivering outstanding products.
We are looking for a proactive and adaptable Systems Integration and Test Engineer to oversee the definition, integration, verification, and failure analysis of cutting-edge autonomous flying robots. Your role will encompass requirements and architecture definition, analysis of field and lab data, performance testing, rapid root cause analysis (RCA), and collaborative solution development to ensure product integrity across various applications in infrastructure, public safety, and defense.
Your Impact:
Develop detailed and testable system requirements in close collaboration with product managers, designers, and developers for new products, from product-level to component-level.
Ensure optimal system performance and product integrity through defining system architecture, conducting design reviews at both the system and sub-system levels, and establishing component selection criteria.
Define and implement cross-functional system behaviors and telemetry to enhance system performance, health monitoring, and field diagnostics.
Conduct initial bring-up and performance verification during new product launches.
Act as the primary responder for early system failures, coordinating cross-functional troubleshooting efforts across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and autonomy teams to creatively drive issue resolution and verification.
Engage with extensive datasets from flight telemetry and field analytics to extract insights from existing programs, perform risk assessments, inform predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies, and implement future risk mitigations.
Establish processes and tools for efficient product development while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

