Internship: Robotics Behaviors & User Interfaces

Startupvalleys; Renens; Sur place; CHF 17 000 - 23 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Hydromea is seeking a Robotics Software Intern to develop and enhance our underwater robotics software stack. You will work on the Navia control UI, dashboards for autonomy, and embedded systems running on microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi.

You’ll contribute to both production and R&D efforts, collaborating with the autonomy team and hardware engineers. You will pilot EXRAY vehicles in labs and field tests, gaining hands-on experience with real missions and deployments while building robust,

Qualifications

• Curious, hands-on software developer
• Comfortable with Python for scripting, UI and logic
• Proficient in C/C++ for embedded systems and robotics
• Experience with PyQt5/PyQt Designer and UI styling (QSS)
• Familiar with communication protocols UART, CAN, I2C
• Git workflows (merge requests, rebasing, conflict resolution)
• Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA/CH citizenship required

Responsabilités

• Develop and expand the control UI (Navia) for sensors and analytics
• Build data-rich dashboards to enhance autonomy and operator tools
• Collaborate with autonomy team to integrate behaviors for semi- and autonomous missions
• Maintain and refactor embedded code on microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi (C/C++, Python)
• Pilot EXRAY systems in lab, field, and mission deployments
• Ensure real-time data visualization and robust system feedback

Connaissances

Python

C

C++

PyQt5

UART/CAN/I2C

Git

Outils

PyQt Designer

QSS

Description du poste

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.

Pilot Station Interface Development

• 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

About this startup

Hydromea

Employees 11–50

Founded 2014

Avenue de Longemalle 9, 1020 Renens VD, Switzerland Directions