Internship: Robotics Behaviors & User Interfaces

Hydromea; Lausanne; On-site; CHF 20,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hands-on robotics experience

Production and R&D exposure

Field deployment opportunities

Job summary

Hydromea in Lausanne is seeking a Robotics Software Intern to work with EXRAY vehicles, writing behavior logic, and piloting missions in tanks, test runs, and field deployments.

You will contribute to both production units and R&D projects, developing software that connects hardware with real-world missions, including UI components and embedded code in C/C++ and Python.

Qualifications

• Curious, hands-on, ready to write software that moves real machines.
• Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA/CH citizenship required.
• Comfortable with Python, C, C++, PyQt5, PyQt Designer, QSS, UART/CAN/I2C, and real-time data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Create and expand components of the Navia control UI to integrate new sensors and analytics.
• Build intuitive, data-rich dashboards for monitoring and control to advance autonomy.
• Collaborate with the autonomy team to integrate behaviors and logic for semi- and fully-autonomous missions.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Embedded systems

Data visualization

Tools

PyQt5

PyQt Designer

QSS

CAN

UART

I2C

Git

Job description

Join Hydromea as a Robotics Software Intern and dive into the world of underwater robotics. You'll work hands-on with our EXRAY vehicles every day, from writing behavior logic to piloting the ROVs in tanks, on test missions, and even field deployments.

You’ll contribute to both production units and R&D projects involving long-term fish pen residency and autonomous underwater inspections. This is an opportunity to develop impactful software while staying closely connected to the hardware and real-life missions it powers.

Your Responsibilities

• Create and expand components of our control UI ("Navia") to integrate new sensors, visualize analytics, and enable more powerful operator tools.
• Help bring autonomy to the surface by building intuitive, data-rich dashboards for monitoring and control.
• Your work will directly affect how users command and understand our underwater robots.

Robotic Behaviors & Autonomy Integration

• Collaborate with the autonomy team to integrate behaviors and logic that guide our vehicles in semi- and fully-autonomous missions.
• Handle telemetry, behavior triggers, and system feedback — making sure our robots do the right thing, even when the pilot steps back.
• Embedded System Maintenance
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of code running on microcontrollers (C) and Raspberry Pi systems (C++/Python).
• Most embedded foundations are done — your job will focus on bug fixing, refactoring, and refining performance, when necessary.

Your Qualifications

We're looking for someone who’s curious, hands-on, and ready to write software that moves real machines.

Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA/CH citizenship is required.

You should be comfortable with:

• Python for scripting, logic, and UI
• C and C++, for embedded and onboard systems
• Developing interfaces or dashboards using PyQt5 / PyQt Designer / QSS
• Working with communication protocols like UART, CAN, I2C, etc.
• Visualizing and interacting with real-time data
• git and git procedures (merge request, rebasing, conflict resolution, etc.)

Plus:

• You'll be piloting EXRAY regularly — in the lab, in the field, and on real missions
• If interested, you'll have chances to join deployments, testing missions, and R&D trials

Why Hydromea?

• Daily hands-on experience with advanced underwater robots
• A team of experts in autonomy, embedded systems, and robotics
• Mix of production and exploratory R&D work
• See your code deployed in the real world — and pilot the system yourself