Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning

Skydio
Zurich
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Python","C++","PyTorch","TensorFlow","Computer vision","Deep learning"]

Lead real-time deep learning research and deployment for autonomous Skydio drones. Design and optimize models for detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow; curate synthetic and real-world data; pursue data-efficient ML with unsupervised/few-shot methods; ensure low-latency performance on embedded hardware; contribute across software domains in a fast, collaborative team.

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Skydio
Skydio
3 months ago

Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning

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Job Summary

Lead real-time deep learning research and deployment for autonomous Skydio drones. Design and optimize models for detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow; curate synthetic and real-world data; pursue data-efficient ML with unsupervised/few-shot methods; ensure low-latency performance on embedded hardware; contribute across software domains in a fast, collaborative team.
Location: Zurich
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement deep learning solutions that solve 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 that powers our deep learning algorithms along with 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.

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience creating and deploying deep learning models.
  • •Experience curating synthetic and real-world image datasets.
  • •Solid software engineering foundation with Python and/or C++ (preferably both).
  • •Experience prototyping, training, optimizing, and deploying deep neural networks.
  • •Ability to read and contextualize scientific papers in computer vision.
Experience:Computer visionAutonomyDroneEmbedded hardware
Skills:PythonC++PyTorchTensorFlowComputer visionDeep learning
Tech Stack:PythonC++PyTorchTensorFlowEmbedded systemsComputer visionDeep learning

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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