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SkydioSkydioSan Mateo, CA

Systems Integration and Test Engineer (Mid to Senior Level)

Owns definition, integration, verification, and failure analysis of autonomous drone systems. Drives requirements, architecture, testing, data analysis, and cross-functional issue resolution to ensure product reliability for infrastructure, public safety, and defense applications. Requires 3+ years in electro-mechanical systems.

128k – 213k
Hybrid3+ YOEEmbedded Engineering

About the role

How you will make an impact

  • Define comprehensive and testable system requirements in close partnership with product managers, designers, and developers for new hardware products, ranging from product-level to component-level
  • Guarantee overall system performance and product integrity through system architecture definition, system to sub-system level design reviews, and component selection criteria
  • Define and implement cross-functional system behaviors and telemetry to optimize lifetime system performance, health, and field diagnostics
  • Perform initial bring-up and performance verification during new product introduction
  • Act as the first responder for early system failures, triage cross-functional issues between mechanical, electrical, embedded, autonomy, etc. and creatively drive issue resolution and verification
  • Immerse yourself in massive datasets from flight telemetry and field analytics to learn from existing programs, perform risk assessments, inform prognostic and condition-based maintenance protocols, and implement future mitigations
  • Implement processes and tools to enable efficient product development and testing, including test infrastructure (SW and HW), system maturity/risk tracking, and accountability systems

Useful skills and experience

  • 3+ years experience in hands-on definition, design, analysis, testing, modeling, and delivery of highly reliable electro-mechanical systems in rapid development environments
  • Systems-engineering approach to problem solving, and a knack for rapidly identifying issues within mechanical, electrical, and software domains. Ability to work broadly across multiple domains, identify the critical path, and dive deep when necessary
  • Test design and execution for system bringup and performance verification, including mechatronic prototyping and fabrication skills for fixture development
  • Knowledge of design for reliability principles, physics of failure, and integration risks of critical electronics subsystems such as PCBAs, motors, batteries, cameras, compute modules, or sensors
  • Experience in Python and/or SQL to analyze datasets for applications in specification definition, risk assessments, and reliability data analysis, and write scripts to execute commands on electro-mechanical systems
  • Passion for communicating the nuances of hardware/systems reliability to internal and external cross functional teams to help drive organizational priorities
  • A keen eye for identifying and prioritizing risks, and taking extreme ownership in finding and implementing creative resolutions

Compensation

Annual base salary range: $127,500 - $212,500. Includes equity, comprehensive benefits, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, 401K.

Skills

PythonSQLSystems EngineeringElectromechanical SystemsPcbasTest AutomationTelemetry AnalysisReliability EngineeringMechatronicsSensorsMotorsBatteriesCompute ModulesField DiagnosticsRisk Assessment
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