Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer Jobs

Skydio

Location:
United States, San Mateo

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

145000.00 - 180000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Skydio is seeking a driven and versatile Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer to help drive safety and reliability initiatives, develop and execute test plans that enable rapid design iteration and robust product validation for state-of-the-art autonomous flying machines servicing a broad range of enterprise, public safety, and defense applications.

Job Responsibility:

Immerse yourself in massive data sets from developmental flight telemetry and robust customer analytics to identify problems before they occur, perform risk assessments, develop prognostic and conditioned based maintenance protocols, and anchor our reliability test specs firmly data
Work with product development, embedded software, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers to define and execute comprehensive test strategies from early prototyping stages through volume production
Collaborate with mechanical, electrical and software engineering teams to perform failure analysis, identify root cause, implement corrective actions, resolve system issues, and help develop process/design mitigations
Contribute to design reviews and provide key design for reliability inputs to mitigate risks from first prototypes to first customer shipment and beyond

Requirements:

Deep curiosity with 3+ years experience hands-on development, testing and delivery of highly reliable complex systems
Extensive knowledge of the physics of failure and integration risks of one or more critical electronics and mechanical subsystems such as compute systems, electro-mechanical or electronic sensors
Proficient in Python and SQL to adeptly manage and analyze large datasets
A systems-engineering approach to problem solving, and a knack for rapidly identifying issues within mechanical, electrical, and software domains
strong desire to drive failure analyses to true root cause
Enthusiastic tendencies toward diving into hands on testing, characterization and failure analysis
A passion for communicating the nuances of hardware reliability to internal and external cross functional teams

What we offer:

Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles
Group health insurance plans
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 12, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

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