# Systems Integration and Test Engineer

**Company:** [Skydio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/skydio)
**Location:** San Mateo, CA
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Salary:** $196k – $270k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Python, SQL, AI Tools, Root Cause Analysis, Telemetry, Flight Testing, Performance Testing, Risk Assessment, Mechatronics, Electromechanical Systems, Pcbas, Faa Part 107
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Own systems requirements, architecture, integration, verification, reliability analysis, and failure resolution for autonomous flying robots. The role requires 6+ years of electromechanical systems experience, strong cross-domain testing skills, and proficiency in Python and SQL.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define comprehensive, testable system requirements from product level through component level for new hardware products.
- Establish requirements-definition standards for future programs.
- Define system architecture, conduct system and subsystem design reviews, and establish component-selection criteria.
- Define and implement cross-functional system behaviors and telemetry for system performance, health, and field diagnostics.
- Perform system bring-up and performance verification during new product introduction.
- Triage early system failures across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and autonomy domains; lead root-cause analysis and cross-functional resolution.
- Analyze flight telemetry and field data, perform risk assessments, inform prognostic and condition-based maintenance protocols, and implement mitigations.
- Develop processes and tools for product development and testing, including hardware and software test infrastructure, system maturity and risk tracking, and accountability systems.
- Operate independently on ambiguous, cross-disciplinary problems and set technical direction or process standards adopted beyond one team or program.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of hands-on experience defining, designing, analyzing, testing, modeling, and delivering highly reliable electromechanical systems in rapid-development environments.
- Systems-engineering approach with the ability to identify issues across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
- Experience designing and executing system bring-up and performance-verification tests.
- Mechatronic prototyping and fabrication skills for fixture development.
- Proficiency in design-for-reliability principles, physics of failure, and integration risks involving PCBAs, motors, batteries, cameras, compute modules, and sensors.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and AI tooling for dataset analysis, specification definition, risk assessment, reliability analysis, and scripting commands for electromechanical systems.
- Strong communication skills for explaining hardware and systems reliability to cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and prioritize risks, take ownership, and implement creative resolutions.
- Track record of setting technical direction or process standards adopted beyond a single team or program.

## Nice to Have
- FAA Part 107 certification, or willingness to obtain it within the first 60 days of employment; required for certain positions.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: **$196,000–$270,000 USD**.
- Equity through stock options.
- Health insurance plans.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401(k) savings plan.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.

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