Skydio
Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning
San Mateo, California, United States, Remote. Posted 11 months ago
The role
This person will design and implement deep learning solutions for detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow estimation on Skydio drones. They will also research, prototype, and optimize models for low-latency on embedded hardware.
What you will do
- Design and implement deep learning solutions for detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow estimation tasks in real-time on Skydio drones
- Leverage state-of-the-art methods in unsupervised learning, few shot learning, and foundational models for data efficient ML
- Curate and enhance synthetic data and massive amounts of structured video data
- Refine and optimize models for low-latency on embedded hardware
- Characterize and quantify the performance of the vision systems
- Research and prototype new approaches
- Be a generalist helping out on all aspects of the software when needed
Required qualifications
- Demonstrated hands-on experience creating and deploying deep learning models
- Experience curating synthetic and real-world image datasets
- Solid software engineering foundation and commitment to writing clean, well-architected code
- Real experience prototyping, training, optimizing, and deploying deep neural networks
- Ability to read and contextualize scientific papers and literature in computer vision
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, collaborative, small team environment
Nice to have
- Python or C++, preferably both
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Group health insurance plans
- Paid vacation time
- Sick leave
- Holiday pay
- 401K savings plan
- Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles
Before you apply
- Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged
- Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility
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.