Senior Test Engineering Technician, Skydio
$110-156k
5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Drone manufacturer
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Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-156k
5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.
Role
Who you are
- 2-5 Years of professional experience working as a Test Technician
- Acute attention to detail - able to identify subtle degradations in mechanical feel or system performance that may be precursors to test failures
- Proactive - you anticipate needs, identify areas to improve efficiency and work towards these goals without explicit prompting to support the team
- Curious - you’re driven to understand the nuances of complex systems and are always interested in learning new skills
- Hands-on and fabrication technical skills and experience with wire harnesses, 80/20, light machining and/or woodworking (or a knack and an eagerness to learn)
- Creative problem-solving - you’re able to think outside the box to develop innovative solutions for test challenges, fixture designs, and automation improvements
- Solid computer skills including documentation, web research, and executing linux commands and python scripts
- Excellent written & verbal communication
What the job involves
- We are seeking an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Senior Test Engineering Technician to help support hardware-focused validation testing of intelligent aerial vehicles and ground equipment within a team dedicated to maximizing product reliability for our customers
- Support test setup, instrumentation, execution, checkpoint and tear down inspections for a variety of performance, reliability and environmental stress tests for our flying and ground based hardware using a broad range of lab equipment
- Execute hands-on mechanical repairs of infrastructure and DUT’s
- Work closely with test engineers to understand the item under test, execution procedures, data requirements, and potential failure modes of each test to ensure the earliest possible detection of issues
- Develop and fabricate custom test fixtures and infrastructure to add capability, improve repeatability, and save time through automation
- Organize and own logistics of transportation tests
- Document and escalate test failures quickly; collaborate with reliability, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to perform failure analysis and ensure the product continuously improves through all stages of development
- Optimize execution efficiency with preventative maintenance on equipment and helping to ensure a high standard for safety and organization within the lab
Our take
A leader in autonomous flight, Skydio builds drones that can track and film targets while avoiding obstacles. Its products have a wide range of applications, most notably for businesses that need to undertake inspections in unsafe places. The drones are also valuable to search and rescue efforts, police forces, and the US army.
Backed by a range of top investors and strategic partners (including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, and Next 47) Skydio sets itself apart from its competitors by marketing its products predominantly to businesses. With technology such as 3D scanning and a 360-degree superzoom mode, its drones have a wide range of applications and functionality.
The company raised funding in 2023, which has boosted its valuation to over $2 billion. It has since focussed on R&D, developing and launching the X10 model which is designed for first responders and the military, as well as enhancing its remote control and thermal imaging capabilities. As the largest American drone company, there is no reason Skydio shouldn't remain a key industry actor for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2023
$230m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$171m
SERIES D
Total funding: $571m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Western Hills, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Adam Bry
(CEO)Having studied at MIT, they spent a year and a half at Google as a Software Engineer. They left this position in February 2014 to co-found Skydio.
Abraham Bachrach
(CTO)Earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and was a Software Engineer for Google's Project Wing.
Matt Donahoe
(CXO)Previously a Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab and a Mobile Engineer at Pocket Gems.
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