Skydio
Defense · Autonomous drones (civilian + defense)
- HQ
- Redwood City, US
- Founded
- 2014
- Website
- skydio.com
Skydio has 21 active AI-related job listings. The company's hiring is distributed across several stages, with "serving infrastructure" and "post-training" each accounting for 24% of the roles, followed by "application" and "agents" at 19% each. Engineering roles are the most frequent, representing 19 of the total positions. Skydio is primarily hiring in the United States and Switzerland. Frequent tech tags include model_serving, inference_infra, embodied_ai, synthetic_data, and fine_tuning, suggesting a focus on deploying and optimizing AI models for real-world applications. In the last 30 days, Skydio posted 1 new AI role, a decrease from the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 18 active AI roles, with 39 new openings in the last 4 weeks. Primary focus: Serve · Engineering. Salary range $47k–$278k (avg $195k).
Defense · Autonomous drones (civilian + defense)
Skydio currently has 28 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning (2), Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning Infrastructure (2), Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning Model Acceleration (2), Autonomy Engineer - ML & DL Infrastructure (2), Autonomy Engineer Intern - Computer Vision/Deep Learning Fall 2026 (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Skydio's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (29%), application (21%), serving infrastructure (21%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Skydio is hiring AI talent in: United States (16 roles), Switzerland (11 roles).
Job postings at Skydio most frequently reference: model serving, inference infra, embodied ai, multimodal, vision.
In the past 30 days, Skydio has posted 4 new AI-related roles. That is a -67% change versus the prior 30 days (12 → 4).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Product Manager, Vehicle AI Staff Product Manager for Vehicle AI at Skydio, a leading US drone company. This role focuses on shaping the roadmap for autonomous flight capabilities, working closely with world-class autonomy teams. Responsibilities include defining system behavior, translating customer needs into requirements, driving the development lifecycle (data collection, training, evaluation, deployment), defining performance metrics, and owning the user experience of autonomy. The role involves evaluating emerging technologies like foundation models, multimodal AI, and agentic systems, with a strong emphasis on robotics and AI/ML product development. | AgentData | 9 |
| PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern - Planning & Controls (Reinforcement Learning) PhD intern role focused on developing and deploying reinforcement learning policies for autonomous drone planning, navigation, and control in complex environments. Involves research in sim-to-real transfer, human-in-the-loop control, and multi-agent coordination, with a strong emphasis on real-world flight testing. |
| Agent |
| 9 |
| PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern - Planning & Controls (Reinforcement Learning) PhD intern role focused on developing and deploying reinforcement learning policies for autonomous drone planning, navigation, and control in complex environments. Involves research in sim-to-real transfer, human-in-the-loop control, and multi-agent coordination, with a strong emphasis on real-world flight testing. | Agent | 9 |
| PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern - Deep Learning or Computer Vision Skydio is seeking a PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern to architect and implement computer vision algorithms for autonomous drones. The role involves research, prototyping, and assessing new approaches to enhance autonomous capabilities, with a focus on shipping these advancements into real products. | Agent | 8 |
| Autonomy Engineer - Planning and Controls Skydio is seeking an Autonomy Engineer specializing in Planning and Controls to develop and implement core motion planning software for autonomous drones. This role involves designing, implementing, simulating, evaluating, and flying new motion planning strategies, working across the software system, and developing/tuning low-level controllers. The position requires experience controlling real hardware, expertise in various control design methods, and strong C++ software engineering skills. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Autonomy Engineer Intern Fall 2026 Skydio is seeking an Autonomy Engineer Intern to contribute to the development of next-generation autonomy algorithms for drones. The role involves researching, prototyping, and implementing new features, as well as characterizing performance of core software and hardware components. Requires a strong foundation in math, theory, and software development, with demonstrated enthusiasm for areas like motion planning, computer vision, and deep learning. | Agent | 7 |
| Autonomy Engineer Intern Fall 2026 Skydio is seeking interns to contribute to the development of next-generation autonomy algorithms for their autonomous flight systems. The role involves researching, prototyping, and implementing new features, as well as characterizing system performance. | Agent | 7 |