SkydioSenior Director of Engineering, Autonomy Systems
May 2026 — Present
Davide Falanga leads autonomy systems engineering at Skydio, focusing on simulation, reinforcement learning, software infrastructure, and tools for autonomous navigation. He previously worked on motion planning and control for autonomous driving at Woven by Toyota and Lyft, and earned a PhD in Robotics from the University of Zurich researching agile, vision-based quadrotors and onboard sensing.
Davide Falanga leads autonomy systems engineering at Skydio, focusing on simulation, reinforcement learning, software infrastructure, and tools for autonomous navigation. He previously worked on motion planning and control for autonomous driving at Woven by Toyota and Lyft, and earned a PhD in Robotics from the University of Zurich researching agile, vision-based quadrotors and onboard sensing.
May 2026 — Present
Jul 2025 — May 2026
May 2024 — Jul 2025
May 2023 — May 2024
Nov 2022 — May 2023
Nov 2021 — Oct 2022
Jul 2021 — Oct 2021
Feb 2020 — Jul 2021
Apr 2015 — Dec 2019
Nov 2014 — Mar 2015