Autonomy Engineer - Fixed Wing Planning & Controls

Skydio · San Mateo

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Company
Skydio
Location
San Mateo
Employment type
Full-time
Salary
$170,000 - $240,000
Posted
March 4, 2026

About this job

As an Autonomy Engineer you will contribute to the development and implementation of the core planning & control stack on F10, Skydio’s tailsitter platform. The F10 must reliably operate in the many tailsitter aerodynamic regimes – this coupled with the longer horizon of a faster vehicle makes the planning and control problems challenging and unique. Learn more about F10, our next-generation tailsitter platform, here https://www.skydio.com/f10. How You'll Make an Impact: - Architect, implement, simulate, and flight test new motion planning strategies - Develop, tune, and analyze new flight controllers - Refine and understand the aerodynamic and dynamic model of a tailsitter aircraft using simulated and flight test data - Inform aspects of hardware design such as sensor requirements and…

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