A great place to learn and grow - Mechanical Engineer Skydio Employee Review

5.0
Jun 7, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Lots of very smart engineers -Cool products with a lot of exciting things in the works -Plenty of opportunities to step up and expand your scope -Everyone is super nice, approachable, willing to help and sociable -Great work-life balance: no one is around on weekends and many work typical 9-5 schedules -New location in San Mateo includes discounted access to the gym right up the hill at the college.

Cons

-Not the most diverse team, especially among execs (plenty of white males) -No 401k match -3 weeks of PTO (plus 1 week of company shutdown in the Summer): not bad, but also no policy for gaining PTO based on tenure at the company.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

smart people, interesting engineering problems, high real world impact now.

Cons

bad work life balance at times

4.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

In general if you're positioned well, there can be a lot of autonomy and freedom to work on what you want at Skydio. Interesting opportunity to explore new areas and quite flexible on the type of work you can do.

Cons

If you aren't positioned well you might get kind of stagnant career-wise. A few people make all the decisions and if you aren't aligned with them you might get stuck. Also if you are aligned well then your work life balance can get pretty bad. Also though it markets itself as a multi-use enterprise drone, the major use cases are police and defense so would be good to make sure you are aligned with the company.

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