Avionics Intern: Build Flight-Critical Systems + Equity

Quiet Capital; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Swarm Aero is redefining air power with autonomous aircraft and Legion software designed to coordinate large numbers of heterogeneous autonomous systems. This internship offers a scoped project with direct access to system engineers and a final presentation of what you built and learned at summer's end.

You will contribute to avionics interfaces and hardware integration, with a fast-paced environment that values initiative, documentation, and rigorous testing.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering or closely related field.
• Coursework or project experience in circuits, digital systems, signals, embedded systems, controls, or communications.
• Ability to read schematics and reason across hardware and software interfaces.
• Hands-on electronics experience via lab, team, research program, internship, or personal project.

Responsibilities

• Support avionics architecture, interface definition, component selection, and integration.
• Develop or revise schematics, wiring diagrams, interface-control documents, harness definitions, or electrical load analyses.
• Bring up sensors, flight computers, communications equipment, power systems, and other avionics hardware.
• Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and test equipment to investigate faults.
• Build test fixtures, automate tests, and support hardware-in-the-loop, ground, or flight-test activities.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Circuit understanding

Hardware-software interface

Hands-on electronics

Education

Pursuing degree in EE/CE/AE

Tools

Python

C/C++

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Swarm Aero is redefining air power with autonomous aircraft and Legion software designed to coordinate large numbers of heterogeneous autonomous systems. This internship offers a scoped project with direct access to system engineers and a final presentation of what you built and learned at summer's end.

You will contribute to avionics interfaces and hardware integration, with a fast-paced environment that values initiative, documentation, and rigorous testing.