Senior Autonomy Engineer - Controls is open at Skydio in San Mateo, California, United States (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $170K - $240K. Posted on Feb 26, 2026, and still on Skydio’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
The controls algorithms running onboard our autonomous drones define its behavior creating stable/smooth flight and gimbal motion. This enables our pilots to easily execute their objectives from inspection & mapping to missions and security use cases. You will contribute to the development and implementation of the core motion planning software touching everything from the low-level stabilization and control, to…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Skydio’s careers page.
Hiring at Skydio
Skydio has 189 open roles right now, 50 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Operations and Security. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $184K. See all its roles
Similar Engineering jobs
All Engineering jobs- Middleware Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027Skydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States—InternPythonC++
- Robotics Data ResearcherClera · 🇪🇸Barcelona—Machine Learning
- Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$179K - $268KSeniorGoPythonJava

