Highly capable and motivated workforce with a culture of collaboration and transparency;
Company leadership that consistently demonstrates exceptional EQ and IQ;
Industry-leading technology, and all employees are actively encouraged to play with the products;
Fun work environment.
Standard churn from evolving product road maps and priorities that can be expected from a small and rapidly growing startup (generally well managed, and thankfully transparent). Equipment and manpower can sometimes lag behind demand, but solutions for pain points are actively worked on.
Maintain the transparency culture as we grow and continue the drive to ensure Skydio doesn't become another bay area tech company with a reputation for burning people out.
The take-home homework topic for the autonomy engineer position is tracking a planar algorithm which moves a target while avoiding obstacles. It's an online assessment which takes a day to finish. The difficulty level is medium.
I applied online. The process took two weeks. The interview process consisted of: - One recruiter screen - Two technical screens - A full day onsite including many cross-functional interviews, a team lunch, a drone flight demo, and a presentation on
1. Meet Hiring Manager + Mini System Design 2. Technical Screen 1 hr: Linear Algebra + Quantitative Coding 3. Onsite (Presentation, Behavior, Coding, Design Rounds) The presentation felt a bit unnecessary since it wasn’t a research role, and they ev
The take-home homework topic for the autonomy engineer position is tracking a planar algorithm which moves a target while avoiding obstacles. It's an online assessment which takes a day to finish. The difficulty level is medium.
I applied online. The process took two weeks. The interview process consisted of: - One recruiter screen - Two technical screens - A full day onsite including many cross-functional interviews, a team lunch, a drone flight demo, and a presentation on
1. Meet Hiring Manager + Mini System Design 2. Technical Screen 1 hr: Linear Algebra + Quantitative Coding 3. Onsite (Presentation, Behavior, Coding, Design Rounds) The presentation felt a bit unnecessary since it wasn’t a research role, and they ev