Senior Hardware Reliability and Test Engineer

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. 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!

About the role:

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. 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!

Autonomous systems bring together electronics hardware, sensing, and real-time AI software. The complexity of the systems combined with the fact they can move freely in the real world, makes the development, performance, and reliability testing strategy a key element of delivering a great product.

We are seeking a driven and versatile Senior Reliability Engineer to help drive safety and reliability initiatives, develop and execute test plans that enable rapid design iteration and robust product validation for state-of-the-art autonomous flying machines servicing a broad range of enterprise, public safety, and defense applications

How you will make an impact:

• Immerse yourself in massive data sets from developmental flight telemetry and robust customer analytics to identify problems before they occur, perform risk assessments, develop prognostic and conditioned based maintenance protocols, and anchor our reliability test specs firmly data
• Work with product development, embedded software, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers to define and execute comprehensive test strategies from early prototyping stages through volume production, enabling earliest possible discovery of failure modes for complex electro-mechanical autonomous systems
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical and software engineering teams to perform failure analysis, identify root cause, implement corrective actions, resolve system issues, and help develop process/design mitigations
• Contribute to design reviews and provide key design for reliability inputs to mitigate risks from first prototypes to first customer shipment and beyond
• A keen interest in contributing across multiple domains to make Skydio products the default choice for users in challenging environments

Useful skills and experience:

• Deep curiosity with 6+ years experience hands-on development, testing and delivery of highly reliable complex systems
• Extensive knowledge of the physics of failure and integration risks of one or more critical electronics subsystems such as batteries, cameras, compute systems, or electronic sensors
• Proficient in Python and SQL to adeptly manage and analyze large datasets, uncovering correlations and trends between our drones, their operational environments, and diverse use cases
• A systems-engineering approach to problem solving, and a knack for rapidly identifying issues within mechanical, electrical, and software domains; strong desire to drive failure analyses to true root cause.
• Enthusiastic tendencies toward diving into hands on testing, characterization and failure analysis
• A passion for communicating the nuances of hardware reliability to internal and external cross functional teams to help drive organizational priorities

Compensation: At Skydio, our compensation packages for full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of options, comprehensive benefits, and various incentives and stipends. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles. The annual base salary range for this position is $170,000 - 220,000

Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company’s success.

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