Field Readiness Lead, Solutions Engineering
US CA San Mateo · USD 170,000-215,000 / year · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 2, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- US CA San Mateo
- Salary
- USD 170,000-215,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- The Field Readiness Lead, Solutions Engineering owns the technical operations for the headquarters demo program, including aircraft, docks, and environment management.
- This role is responsible for capturing flight and integration content, maintaining a centralized library, and leading onboarding programs for new Solutions Engineers and Specialists.
- The position requires cross-functional collaboration across National Security, SLED, and Commercial verticals to ensure consistent demo standards and field readiness.
Responsibilities
- Lead live demonstrations at headquarters for VIP customers, partners, and government visitors.
- Manage the demo environment including aircraft, docks, network, controllers, and props.
- Maintain fleet airworthiness, batteries, firmware, and spares.
- Plan and execute capture missions to produce footage, data, and imagery for organizational use.
- Develop demo scripts, reference architectures, and trial plan templates.
- Manage a centralized content library and track usage/relevance against release calendars.
- Own onboarding curriculum, shadowing plans, and readiness checkpoints for new hires.
- Translate new product developments into actionable field knowledge.
- Provide prioritized, defensible feedback to Product and Engineering teams.
- Coordinate demo scheduling and dock availability across internal teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years in a technical operations, field operations, customer-facing technical, or enablement role.
- Hands-on sUAS operating experience.
- FAA Part 107 Certificate, or the ability to obtain one within 60 days of hire.
- Ability to work on site at Skydio headquarters in San Mateo, California.
- Ability to travel approximately 15% of the time.
- Ability to lift up to 60 lbs unaided.
- Comfortable presenting live to senior executives and customers.
- Familiarity with DFR concepts of operation and dock-based remote operations.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience running a demo center, lab, or fleet operation.
- Prior public safety service or agency UAS program experience.
- Experience with dock-based, remote, or BVLOS operations at scale.
- Video and photo production skills for demo and enablement content.
- Working knowledge of public safety technologies such as CAD and VMS.
- Experience with Salesforce.
- Experience with learning platforms such as Uplimit.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Group health insurance plans
- Paid vacation time
- Sick leave
- Holiday pay
- 401K savings plan
Workplace
- Approximately 15% travel required for field content capture and event support.
Skills
- sUAS
- FAA Part 107
- DFR
- BVLOS
- CAD
- VMS
- Salesforce
- Uplimit
