Senior/Lead Product Designer, Skydio
Cloud
$140-200k
+ Equity in the form of options
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Drone manufacturer
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Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-200k
+ Equity in the form of options
More information about location
3 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
- Proven track record of delivering effective design to consumer and/or enterprise customers
- A portfolio that clearly defines your contributions shipping cloud products in multiple disciplines within design including:
- Robotics Controls
- Avionics
- Photo management
- Data or Fleet Management
- Geospatial Analysis or Mapping
- 3D Web Tools
- Video Review Workflows
- Remote Hardware Sensing (cameras, robotics, aviation)
- Solid understanding of design systems that span mobile, web and marketing
- Strong examples of beautiful data, visualization, 3d, and table layout and visual design
Desirable
- Familiarity with 3D for Web (WebGL, Cesium, ThreeJS)
- Familiarity with Android-based HIG and Mobile Design Patterns
- Some front-end coding ability in HTML/CSS/Javascript
- Familiarity with Front-end design libraries like Ant, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS
- Familiarity with 3D Animation tools like Cinema4D, Blender, Maya and After Effects
What the job involves
- The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, and operational excellence to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users - from first responders to insurance claims adjusters, utilities, and more!
- As a Senior/Lead Product Designer you will research, prototype, design and ship web and mobile applications that unlock Skydio hardware’s potential across a wide array of inspection, industrial, construction, public safety and defense use cases
- You will work directly with the Sr. Director of Product Design, Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to understand our customers' most pressing needs and build incredible cross-platform experiences
- Design core and new functionality for Skydio Cloud and/or Android based Ground Control Stations. These include:
- Media Management
- Fleet Management
- Inspection & Mapping
- Data Visualization
- Annotation and Records Tools
- Remote Operation
- In-Flight Experience
- AI Driven Missions
- Go on-site with customers to deeply understand their needs, use cases and work with Product Managers and Engineers to build incredible new AI based tools that customers love
- Work with other designers, engineers and marketers to build out the Skydio Design Language across our Cloud, Mobile, and Marketing experiences. Discover, design and document new components, modules, visual styles and treatments that will create a toolbox for ALL designers to build more efficiently and cohesively
- Provide mockups, user flows, pixel-perfect designs in Figma, or write HTML/CSS directly to drive the design process for engineers, while communicating design goals to PMs and Executives
- Bring your insights and experience to improve production and processes around the design org
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
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 values
- We consider the holistic impact our products have on communities and countries
- We use our role as a leader in autonomous flight technology to promote the responsible development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- We proactively promote best practices on the responsible use of our products with our customers
- We engage in policy and regulatory efforts to support laws, policies, and standards aligned with our values
- We engage in a responsible way with public sector customers in the United States and other free societies
- We will not sell our products to repressive regimes
- We will not put weapons on our drones and will oppose fully autonomous lethal weapons systems
- We seek to create connections between our employees and the customers we serve beyond simply providing products and services
- We seek to provide flexibility and freedom for people to choose what they work on
Company HQ
Western Hills, San Mateo, CA
Articles
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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