Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design and implement deep learning solutions for detection, tracking, segmentation, and optical flow estimation in real time on Skydio drones
• ▹Leverage state-of-the-art methods in unsupervised learning, few-shot learning, and foundational models for data-efficient ML
• ▹Curate and enhance synthetic data powering the deep learning algorithms alongside massive structured video data
• ▹Refine and optimize models for low latency on embedded hardware
• ▹Characterize and quantify the performance of the vision systems
• ▹Research and prototype new approaches

Requirements

• ▹Demonstrated hands-on experience creating and deploying deep learning models
• ▹Experience curating synthetic and real-world image datasets
• ▹Solid software engineering foundation and commitment to clean, well-architected code (Python or C++, preferably both)
• ▹Real experience prototyping, training, optimizing, and deploying deep neural networks
• ▹Ability to read and contextualize scientific papers and literature in computer vision

Soft skills

About the company

Skydio is the leading U.S. drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, combining deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software development, operational excellence, and customer focus to bring drone technology to a broader, more diverse audience.