Electrical Engineer - Camera

About the role

Skydio, a US drone company focused on autonomous flight, is hiring an Electrical Engineer for its camera team in Tampere. Cameras are central to autonomous navigation, situational awareness and high-quality imagery, so the engineer designs, brings up and refines the electronics of camera modules, gimbals and imaging payloads. The role is individual contributor and suits someone with a few years of product experience who enjoys detailed circuit design, layout, lab bring-up and debugging.

Key responsibilities

• Design schematics and drive PCB, flex and rigid-flex layouts for camera modules, gimbal electronics, sensor boards and related subsystems.
• Integrate image sensors, camera interfaces (e.g. MIPI CSI-2) and supporting electronics; design power circuits for gimbals and cameras.
• Select components against electrical, thermal, size, lifecycle and supply-chain requirements, and qualify second sources and drop-in alternates.
• Perform circuit analysis and simulation, including power budgets, thermal estimates, signal and power integrity and worst-case tolerances.
• Work with the layout team and fab vendors on stackups, impedance control, DFM feedback and Gerber/working-data reviews.
• Bring up new boards, write test plans and characterize performance with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads and thermal cameras.
• Design test fixtures, tester and adapter boards, and measurement setups for development, validation and production test.
• Investigate electrical and electromechanical failures, support EMC, environmental and reliability testing, and work with firmware engineers on hardware interfaces and bring-up scripts.
• Write engineering reports and contribute to design reviews.

Required profile

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience designing electronics for physical products.
• Hands-on experience taking boards from schematic capture through layout, bring-up and debug.
• Ability to maintain and expand the electrical lab locally.
• Detail-oriented, methodical approach to debugging, characterization and failure analysis; ability to communicate requirements to suppliers.
• Strong interest in cameras, robotics, drones or imaging systems.

Required skills

• Power electronics, mixed-signal design and digital interfaces such as I2C, SPI and UART.
• Practical lab skills with oscilloscopes, power supplies and electronic loads.
• Cadence OrCAD/Allegro or similar tools.
• Nice to have: flex/rigid-flex design, image sensors and MIPI, signal/power integrity, EMC/reliability testing, second-source qualification, scripting (e.g. Python).

What we offer

• Competitive base salary, stock options and comprehensive benefits.
• Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles.
• Statutory benefits under Finnish law.