Senior Staff Product Manager, Drone Hardware Platforms & Sensors Jobs

Skydio

Location:
United States, San Mateo

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

196000.00 - 260000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

As a Senior Staff Product Manager for Drone Hardware Platforms & Sensors, you will work closely with our customers and our hardware and embedded software engineering teams to help define and shape Skydio’s current and next-gen drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories ecosystem. You’ll ensure that we are building and delivering the right products to solve the most important problems across enterprise, government, and public safety.

Job Responsibility:

Help shape our overall vehicle and hardware strategy in collaboration with our CEO and engineering executives, including the development of new hardware products, including new vehicle form factors
Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop visions and strategies to solve them
Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to solve the most important and impactful problems for our customers
Continually develop, own, and publish product requirement documents and roadmaps for Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software
Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute your product vision and requirements
Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development
Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success
Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring your products to market

Requirements:

7+ years of proven success in defining and delivering complex hardware products with integrated software
Deep technical understanding of IoT or camera/sensors product technologies
Experience launching robust hardware products for Enterprise, Public Safety or Defense Customers
Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills
Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs
Highly facilitative team player who strives to enable others to do their best work
A passion for speaking with -- and learning from -- customers
A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science

Nice to have:

An advanced degree or an MBA
Background experience in utilities, public safety or federal (ISR) workflows
Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
Expertise in camera interfaces, either in photography, videography, and/or for drone cameras

What we offer:

Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Relocation assistance
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 12, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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