Autonomy Systems Design Intern - Flight Robotics

Skydio, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Holiday pay

401K savings plan

Job summary

Skydio, Inc. in San Mateo, California, is seeking a Systems Engineering Intern for Summer 2027.

The role focuses on driving system and subsystem architectures for autonomous flying robots, collaborating across embedded, hardware, wireless, software, and autonomy teams. The ideal candidate has Python and C/C++ skills, some embedded experience, and strong written data reporting abilities; FAA Part 107 certification is encouraged for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Some experience in embedded systems development.
• Excellent written skills for clear reporting of data analysis and conclusions.
• Experience with systems integrating imaging, ranging, compute, motor control, sensing, or payloads.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with embedded, hardware, wireless, software, and autonomy teams to derive specifications and develop subsystem architectures.
• Develop methods to simulate, quantify, analyze, and present proposals and designs for platforms and subsystems and contribute to prototyping.
• Drive architecture specifications down to component level selection and development.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Embedded systems development

Tools

Linux

MacOS

Windows

Job description

Skydio, Inc. in San Mateo, California, is seeking a Systems Engineering Intern for Summer 2027.

The role focuses on driving system and subsystem architectures for autonomous flying robots, collaborating across embedded, hardware, wireless, software, and autonomy teams. The ideal candidate has Python and C/C++ skills, some embedded experience, and strong written data reporting abilities; FAA Part 107 certification is encouraged for eligible candidates.