Skydio
Drones
AutonomyEngineer-ML&DLInfrastructure
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Autonomy Engineer - ML & DL Infrastructure at Skydio. Skills: ML Infrastructure, Data pipelines, ML Ops. Design and implement scalable, extensible, interactive data pipelines. Annotation workflows”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver new capabilities; Empower AI/ML solutions
Industry & Context.
Solve open problems
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Demonstrated hands-on experience with data engineering, Building large scale, performant and efficient data processing pipelines, Demonstrated hands-on experience with cloud-based ML platforms, Containerization technologies, ML Ops platforms, Databases, Experience and understanding of security and compliance requirements in ML infrastructure, Demonstrated hands-on experience building and managing ML pipelines, Data preparation, Model training, Model deployment, Monitoring, Demonstrated ability to take a concept and systematically drive it through the software lifecycle, Architecture, Development, Testing, Deployment, Monitoring, Comfortable navigating and delivering within a complex codebase
Nice to Have
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged
What You'll Do.
Design and implement scalable
interactive data pipelines
Build tools for efficient data exploration
Curation across the fleet of Skydio drones
Design and implement pipelines for data ingestion
Optimize and scale deep learning training workflows
Improve team iteration velocity
Uphold and improve Skydio’s engineering standards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working at the nexus of Skydio’s autonomy and cloud teams; Collaborate effectively at all levels of technical depth
Communication Scope
Communication skills
Full 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 https://www.skydio.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities to first responders https://www.skydio.com/solutions/public-safety, soldiers in battlefield scenarios https://www.skydio.com/solutions/national-security/tactical-isr, and beyond https://www.skydio.com/solutions. About the Role: Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. We leverage breakthrough AI to create the world's most intelligent flying machines for use by our enterprise, public safety, defense and other customers. Learning a semantic and geometric understanding of the world from best-in-class visual data is the core of our autonomy system. We are pushing the boundaries of what is possible with deep networks, AI and ML to accelerate progress in intelligent aerial robots that can autonomously navigate in unknown environments and deliver operational value to users. If you are excited about leveraging massive amounts of structured video data to solve open problems in object detection and tracking, optical flow estimation and segmentation, we would love to hear from you. As a deep learning infrastructure engineer, you will be responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that supports Skydio’s DL and AI training efforts. You will be working at the nexus of Skydio’s autonomy and cloud teams to deliver new capabilities and empower AI/ML solutions at Skydio. How You’ll Make an Impact: - Design and implement scalable, extensible, interactive data pipelines and annotation workflows - Build tools that leverage state-of-the-art machine learning systems for efficient data exp
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