Autonomy Simulation Engineer Intern

Skydio; Zürich; On-site; CHF 54,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits plans

Incentives and stipends

Job summary

Skydio, a leading drone company, seeks a Research Intern to architect and implement autonomy-focused simulation tools. You will work with a world-class computer vision team, building simulators for cameras, IMUs, and dynamic environments while ensuring alignment with real-world systems.

You will collaborate with engineers in autonomy, perception, and controls, debugging complex interactions between physics, sensors, and rendering, and contribute to the long-term direction of the simulator

Qualifications

• Experience in C++ and Python with large codebases.
• Ability to design high-performance simulators.
• Comfort with time-synchronized systems and real-time constraints.
• Experience in robotics or simulation is a plus.
• Ability to work across a large codebase with many stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop core simulator components in C++ and Python, working close to real-time constraints.
• Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers to align simulation behavior with real-world systems.
• Debug complex interactions between physics, sensors, autonomy logic, and rendering.
• Help shape the long-term technical direction of the simulator as both a product and an internal platform.
• Contribute to documentation and shared understanding of how the simulator works internally.

Skills

C++

Python

Real-time systems

Code optimization

Tools

Simulation frameworks

Multithreading

Job description

Skydio, a leading drone company, seeks a Research Intern to architect and implement autonomy-focused simulation tools. You will work with a world-class computer vision team, building simulators for cameras, IMUs, and dynamic environments while ensuring alignment with real-world systems.

You will collaborate with engineers in autonomy, perception, and controls, debugging complex interactions between physics, sensors, and rendering, and contribute to the long-term direction of the simulator