Skydio

Autonomous drone navigation technology
Last updated:
February 2, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
500-999
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Manufacturing & Industrials
About the company
Skydio builds autonomous drone hardware, software, and cloud services, with a big emphasis on navigation, perception, and remote operations. The company sells heavily into public safety, utilities, and national security use cases, where reliability and secure deployments matter. Skydio also runs manufacturing operations alongside product and autonomy engineering.
Locations and presence
Skydio lists headquarters in San Mateo, California, with manufacturing facilities in Hayward, California. The company also recruits internationally, including roles based in Zurich and Tokyo.
Palpable Score
65.3
/ 100
Skydio is a solid but not effortless early-career option: internships are real, paid well, and scoped like proper engineering work, and there are a few true 0–1 year roles. The biggest limiter is breadth, since many teams hire mid-to-senior by default, and public proof of junior progression is thin.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.0
/ 20
  • The company runs a visible Summer 2026 internship slate across autonomy, embedded, electrical, systems, flight test, and manufacturing software roles.
  • Skydio advertises at least one clearly early-career full-time role, Recruiting Coordinator, framed as “perfect for a recent graduate” and asking for 0–1+ years.
  • The company’s core engineering and product openings still skew senior-heavy, so entry-level access is present but not broad across functions.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

11.8
/ 20
  • The company’s job pages are detailed about scope and expectations, and some roles include clear pay ranges and benefits language.
  • Skydio has candidate reports describing multi-stage loops that can include take-homes and design tasks, with at least one engineering take-home described as taking around 10 hours.
  • The company has mixed interview sentiment overall, so fairness and consistency look team-dependent rather than reliably predictable for first-time applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.0
/ 20
  • The company states that interns are paired with one or more members of the core software team and take direct ownership of a project that advances the product.
  • Skydio’s Recruiting Coordinator role explicitly frames skill-building on recruiting tooling (Ashby and Workday) plus exposure to university recruiting events and intern programs.
  • The company does not publicly describe a consistent junior ramp system across teams, such as a standard 30/60/90 plan, buddy program, or formal mentorship expectations.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.5
/ 20
  • The company publishes intern hourly pay (with distinct rates for undergrad, graduate, and PhD) and also lists intern benefits like paid time off and a 401(k) savings plan.
  • Skydio posts a salary range for the Recruiting Coordinator role ($80,000–$100,000) and explains that full-time packages include equity and comprehensive benefits.
  • The company does not publish ranges for every role across the board, which makes pay comparison uneven if you are applying outside internships or a handful of roles.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0
/ 20
  • The company has a meaningful review footprint (over 150 reviews) with a “would recommend” figure in the low-to-mid 70% range, plus career opportunity scores that read stronger than work-life balance.
  • Skydio has visible strategic volatility signals, including a public shutdown of the consumer drone business line in 2023, which can affect early-career stability depending on team alignment.
  • The company’s LinkedIn profile patterns and posts suggest some intern-to-full-time returns and early-career continuity, but Skydio does not publish intern conversion rates, promotion rates, or 12–24 month retention data.

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