Senior Autonomy Engineer – Controls
Skydio
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Mateo • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
C++dynamic programmingnon-linear optimizationcontrol design methodssoftware engineeringtrajectory optimizationlow level controllersclean codewell-architected code