Philipp Föhn
Senior Autonomy Engineer at Skydio
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilipp Föhn is a Senior Autonomy Engineer based in Zurich with nine years of experience building autonomous real-time robotic systems, currently advancing autonomy at Skydio. He holds a PhD from the University of Zurich and strong foundations from ETH Zurich, blending academic rigor with hands-on industry delivery. His background spans perception, controls and vehicle dynamics from roles in academic labs, motorsport, and inspection robotics, giving him a rare end-to-end view of autonomy stacks. At Skydio he progressed from Autonomy Engineer to Senior Autonomy Engineer, translating research-grade algorithms into robust, production-ready systems for fast-moving platforms. Colleagues describe him as methodical and pragmatic—equally comfortable tuning low-latency control loops as navigating system-level tradeoffs. Outside work he brings a practical engineering mindset rooted in early hands-on roles from workshops to student teams, which informs his focus on reliable, safety-minded autonomy.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichDoctor of Science, Doctor of Science at University of ZurichHigh School, High School at Kantonsschule Kollegium Schwyz
German, English
Github Skills (69)
robotics10
occupancy-grid-map10
ignition10
agile10
predictive10
rpg9
mpc9
planning9
robotics-simulation9
model-predictive-control9
verification9
opengl8
cpp8
quantitative8
ros8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
uzh-rpg/agilicious
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Agile flight done right!
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 commits, 1 PR in 5 months
flightagileautonomousquadrotor
foehnx/foehnx
Nov 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 18 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 3 months
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