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Autonomy Engineer a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 29 open roles at 3 companies · median $170k

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Builds the computer vision and other algorithms that let a drone or vehicle understand the world around it and move on its own.

New: first seen Dec 2025, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in December 2025, in a company job-board posting from Skydio. Today 29 open roles use the title at 3 companies, most of them in robotics and autonomy.

  1. PostingThe oldest Autonomy Engineer posting we holdSkydio, Dec 2025 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingAutonomy Engineer, Technical DocumentationShield AI, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

  • Robotics and autonomy27

Cities

  • Palo Alto17
  • Zurich, Switzerland10
  • San Diego2

Countries and remote

  • United States19
  • Switzerland10
Remote option52%

Posted pay

Median $170k from 3 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1SkydioAn American manufacturer of drones headquartered in San Mateo, California.25
2Archer AviationA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Research Engineer.2
3Shield AIA robotics and autonomy company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Technical Program Manager.2

Open roles

8 of 29; company pages list the rest
Open role$136k to $204k

Autonomy Engineer, Technical Documentation

San Diego, California

Shield AIPosting ↗
Open role$138k to $190k

Lead Autonomy Engineer - Special Programs

San Jose, California, United States

Archer AviationPosting ↗
Open role

Autonomy Engineer Intern, Autonomy Infrastructure, Systems and Tools, 2027 (HQ)

San Mateo, California, United States

SkydioPosting ↗
Open role$200k to $300k

Staff Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)

San Diego, California

Shield AIPosting ↗
Open role

Autonomy Engineer Intern, Autonomy Infrastructure, Systems and Tools, 2027 (Zurich)

Zurich, Switzerland

SkydioPosting ↗
Open role

Autonomy Engineer Intern, Simulation & Robotics, 2027 (Zurich)

Zurich, Switzerland

SkydioPosting ↗
Open role

Autonomy Engineer Intern, Reinforcement Learning, 2027 (Zurich)

Zurich, Switzerland

SkydioPosting ↗
Open role

Autonomy Engineer Intern, Simulation & Robotics, 2027 (HQ)

San Mateo, California, United States

SkydioPosting ↗
Role
Autonomy Engineer, Technical DocumentationShield AISan Diego, California$136k to $204k
Lead Autonomy Engineer - Special ProgramsArcher AviationSan Jose, California, United States$138k to $190k
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Autonomy Infrastructure, Systems and Tools, 2027 (HQ)SkydioSan Mateo, California, United States
Staff Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)Shield AISan Diego, California$200k to $300k
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Autonomy Infrastructure, Systems and Tools, 2027 (Zurich)SkydioZurich, Switzerland
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Simulation & Robotics, 2027 (Zurich)SkydioZurich, Switzerland
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Reinforcement Learning, 2027 (Zurich)SkydioZurich, Switzerland
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Simulation & Robotics, 2027 (HQ)SkydioSan Mateo, California, United States

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About this title

Builds the computer vision and other algorithms that let a drone or vehicle understand the world around it and move on its own.

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 $170k from 3 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.