Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering – State, Local, Educational (SLED), Small Cities

🕒 September 18

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $172k - $215k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💻 Solutions Engineer

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Skydio

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

💰 $170M Series E - Skydio on 2024-11

Defense • Manufacturing • Logistics

Skydio is a manufacturer of autonomous drone systems that combine advanced onboard artificial intelligence, sensors, and cloud software to automate flight for inspection, security, public safety, and mapping missions. Its product family (including the X10, X10D, R10, docking stations, and software such as Skydio Autonomy and DFR Command) is designed for rapid situational awareness, automated inspections, site security, and Drone-as-First-Responder deployments for government, utilities, and enterprise customers. Skydio delivers integrated hardware, software, and services to enable safer, faster, and more autonomous operations in challenging environments.

📋 Description

• Hire, onboard, coach, and retain the Solutions Engineering team • Establish team ownership and territory coverage • Set technical quality standards for demos, trial plans, site assessments, and customer-facing documentation • Own capacity allocation across the segment and make resource tradeoffs visible to leadership • Own technical wins under a two-to-one coverage model • Serve as senior technical escalation point for critical pursuits, deployments, and customer issues • Partner with Sales leadership on pipeline, forecasting, account planning, and land-and-expand motions • Stand up the Small Cities team and operating model • Own site assessment quality and verify dock locations before deployment • Hold the bar on structured proofs of concept tied to active opportunities and measurable operational value • Guide integrations and airspace strategy, including CAD, dispatch, video and evidence management, streaming platforms, BVLOS approvals, waivers, COAs, and docked operations • Maintain command of public sector procurement paths, including cooperative contracts, grant-funded programs, and public sector buying cycles • Represent the aggregated customer voice to Product and Engineering • Build enablement content, reference architectures, and reusable technical assets • Maintain first-hand product knowledge through frequent hands-on use • Report to the Director, Solutions Engineering – SLED

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant technical experience, including customer-facing technical experience in solutions engineering, field engineering, or applications engineering • 1+ years leading a technical team, formally or as a technical lead with hiring and mentorship responsibility • Strong understanding of drone technology, Public Safety sUAS operations, and regulatory compliance • Knowledge of Drone as First Responder concepts of operation and dock-based remote operations • Working knowledge of Public Safety technologies, including CAD, VMS, and related software platforms • Ability to lead integration discussions • Track record of hiring, onboarding, developing, and retaining technical people • Comfort operating inside a Sales organization, including owning a quota and deal strategy • Excellent written and verbal communication • Willingness to do whatever is needed to resolve customer situations • Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time • Ability to lift up to 60 lbs unaided • FAA Part 107 certification is required for certain positions; obtaining it within the first 60 days is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options • Comprehensive benefits package • Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles • Group health insurance plans • Paid vacation time • Sick leave • Holiday pay • 401K savings plan • Approximately 30% travel supporting customer engagements, field activities, deployments, team onsites, and company events