Autonomous Drone Hardware Test & Reliability Intern

Booster; San Mateo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking interns or Co-ops for our Hardware Test & Reliability Team. You will help develop test plans and testing infrastructure to enable rapid design iteration and robust product validation for autonomous flying machines serving diverse consumer and commercial use cases.

The role emphasizes data analysis, root-cause failure investigations, and collaboration across mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and quality engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python or other languages for test automation, data analysis and visualization.
• Systematic problem solving and root-cause analysis in electro-mechanical systems.
• Ability to test and identify vulnerabilities in processes and designs.
• Strong written and verbal communication with cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to learn across multiple domains in a dynamic organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of hardware and software systems to execute comprehensive performance and reliability validation for products.
• Analyze data, calculate statistics, and document results to explain trends and inform design improvements.
• Perform failure analysis to identify root cause and drive mitigations with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in design reviews and provide reliability inputs throughout the product development lifecycle.

Skills

Python

Test automation

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Root-cause analysis

Job description

Skydio is seeking interns or Co-ops for our Hardware Test & Reliability Team. You will help develop test plans and testing infrastructure to enable rapid design iteration and robust product validation for autonomous flying machines serving diverse consumer and commercial use cases.

The role emphasizes data analysis, root-cause failure investigations, and collaboration across mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and quality engineering teams.