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Skydio

Robot type
Drone
Location
San MateoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Oct 30, 2026
Salary
$150,000–$200,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Flight Test Engineer - Software Automation

Job description

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders , soldiers in battlefield scenarios , and beyond .

Job responsibilities

  • Lead the Flight Test Automation Pod: set technical direction, own the roadmap, and mentor engineers who contribute to automation
  • Own automated test workflows across mobile, browser, and integrated hardware/software systems, from simulation to real-world flight
  • Establish and own CI test pipelines that validate every build automatically and give developers fast, actionable feedback
  • Design an extensible test framework that scales across teams, making it easy for engineers to add and maintain their own tests
  • Apply AI-assisted and agentic workflows to test generation, failure triage and flight log analysis to speed up issue detection
  • Define test coverage metrics tied to requirements and risk, and use them to drive our test strategy, reduce manual effort, and focus flight time where it matters most
  • Partner with software, flight test, and reliability engineering leads to shape how testing is planned and prioritized
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