Autonomy Engineer - Planning and Controls

Skydio
Zurich
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving"]

Develop and implement onboard motion planning software for autonomous drones, spanning low-level stabilization and control to high-level planning frameworks. Collaborate with UX to define planning UI boundaries, while designing and evaluating new planning strategies and controllers to enable robust, real-time autonomous flight.

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Skydio
Skydio
3 months ago

Autonomy Engineer - Planning and Controls

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Job Summary

Develop and implement onboard motion planning software for autonomous drones, spanning low-level stabilization and control to high-level planning frameworks. Collaborate with UX to define planning UI boundaries, while designing and evaluating new planning strategies and controllers to enable robust, real-time autonomous flight.
Location: Zurich
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conceive, design, implement, simulate, evaluate, and fly new motion planning strategies for autonomous drones.
  • •Work across the software system to define the right data and interfaces for successful motion planning.
  • •Develop, tune, and evaluate low level controllers.
  • •Work with the UX team to explore and define planning/UI boundaries for new interaction paradigms.
  • •Provide robust software engineering practices to ensure clean, well-architected code.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience writing software that controls real hardware (e.g., robotic arms, self-driving cars, mobile robots)
  • •Knowledge of configuration and free space representations
  • •Familiarity with modern and classical control design methods
  • •Experience with dynamic programming
  • •Experience with non-linear optimization
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:C++

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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