Autonomy Engineer a new title on company job boards
Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 21 open roles at 3 companies · median $200k · oldest open posting Dec 2025
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 4h ago3 of 3 companies
| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Skydio | 17 | |
| 2 | Archer Aviation | 3 | |
| 3 |  Shield AI | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 21; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)Shield AISan Diego, California$135k to $300k | Shield AI | San Diego, California | $135k to $300k |
| Autonomy EngineerArcher AviationSan Jose, California, United States$140k to $260k | Archer Aviation | San Jose, California, United States | $140k to $260k |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer - Computer VisionSkydioSan Mateo, California, United States | Skydio | San Mateo, California, United States | Not stated |
| Lead Autonomy Engineer - Special ProgramsArcher AviationSan Jose, California, United States$138k to $190k | Archer Aviation | San Jose, California, United States | $138k to $190k |
| PhD Autonomy Engineer Intern - Computer Vision / Deep Learning Summer 2027SkydioZurich, Switzerland | Skydio | Zurich, Switzerland | Not stated |
| Autonomy Engineer Intern, Computer Vision / Deep Learning, Summer 2027SkydioSan Mateo, California, United States | Skydio | San Mateo, California, United States | Not stated |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer, Data CurationSkydioSan Mateo, California, United States | Skydio | San Mateo, California, United States | Not stated |
| Autonomy Engineer - Deep LearningSkydioZurich, Switzerland | Skydio | Zurich, Switzerland | Not stated |
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About this title
18 open postings titled "Senior Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning" or close to it at 2 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-25). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $200k from 3 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.