Software Automation Flight Test Engineer, Skydio
5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Drone manufacturer
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Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
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
- We are looking for someone with a strong foundation in software testing, an experience-based pragmatic mindset for automation, and a passion for optimizing workflows
- 1-5 years experience in a software testing or automation role; ideally in a cross-functional hardware/software product environment
- A knack for understanding how to identify the appropriate test venue for any given product capability; amongst real world, hardware in the loop, full simulation, or hybridized approaches
- Experience with mobile automation frameworks (Appium preferred)
- Familiarity with modern UI automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Selenium)
- Strong coding skills in Python leveraging APIs
- Experience using issue tracking and ticketing systems (e.g. JIRA)
- Already have or interested in obtaining a Part 107 remote drone operator certification from the FAA
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Passion for automation, continuous improvement, and shipping high-quality products
- Bonus: Exposure to aviation, drones, or embedded systems
What the job involves
- Skydio is seeking a Software Automation Flight Test Engineer to help scale and elevate our test processes across integrated hardware/software systems
- In this role, you will play a critical part in enabling our teams to build robust and efficient automated test frameworks that minimize manual testing time, enhance coverage, and maximize the effectiveness of flight testing
- This position is part of the Product Integrity organization, which owns product quality from NPI through end of life across hardware and software
- Design and implement end-to-end automated test workflows across mobile, web, and integrated hardware/software systems automation for real world and simulator based test execution, data analysis, issue identification and reporting
- Analyze and optimize existing test cases ensuring full coverage with minimal redundancy
- Enable broader team participation in automation through reusable components, documentation, and tooling
- Bring a critical eye to existing test suites and propose opportunities for test sequence consolidation and more effective flight time utilization
- Support root cause investigations with log capture and repro automation as needed
- Collaborate closely with software development, flight test, and reliability engineering teams
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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