Software Engineer - Autonomy Infrastructure, Systems and Tools

The role

You will lead the development of tools that support the autonomy lifecycle. You will build and evolve core internal platforms for testing ideas, diagnosing system behaviors, and understanding software and physical world interactions.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable tools used across autonomy development and testing workflows.
• Collaborate with autonomy, QA, and infrastructure teams to gather requirements and deliver tooling.
• Build tools that streamline stages of the robotics development process.
• Take ownership of internal services from concept through deployment and monitoring.
• Contribute to the long-term vision and roadmap for developer tools.
• Design and build replay and analysis systems to inspect and reproduce autonomy behavior.
• Develop scalable infrastructure for automated testing and failure triage.
• Operate at the interface between autonomy software and core robotics middleware.
• Design and implement high-quality developer infrastructure and tools.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, ideally in robotics, simulation, or systems development.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Strong grasp of performance-sensitive and multi-threaded systems.
• Experience with simulation frameworks, time-synchronized data systems, or state-machine-driven applications.
• Familiarity with structured data visualization, log processing, or developer tooling design.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment where requirements evolve and priorities shift.

Nice to have

• Experience building performance-sensitive systems (profiling, multithreading, real-time constraints) in robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar domains.
• Exposure to robotics / simulation / physics engines.
• Background in telemetry systems, log ingestion pipelines, or automated test environments.
• Front-end development skills in modern web frameworks (e.g., React, TypeScript, Three.js, Plotly) with a focus on data interaction and visualization.
• Familiarity with distributed systems or cloud-hosted services used to support internal tools and customer applications.

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.