Drone Hardware Reliability Intern — 12-Week Paid Hybrid

Telemetry Today LLC; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week paid internship

Hybrid in-person in Palo Alto

Job summary

Wing, a Google Alphabet company in Palo Alto, offers a 12-week paid Hardware Reliability Intern program. You will design tests, build DAQ setups, and perform failure analysis to improve drone hardware reliability.

The role combines hands-on lab work with cross-functional collaboration, based in Palo Alto with a hybrid schedule. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in Engineering/CS, fluent in Python for data tasks, and capable of DOE and FMEA activities.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, graduating between December 2027 and August 2028.
• Proficiency in Python or similar programming language for instrument control or data analysis.
• Familiarity with power systems, electrical fundamentals, and test methodology for electromechanical systems.
• Comfortable with hands-on work in a lab, such as hardware testing and failure inspection.
• Able to construct and follow a detailed hardware test plan.
• Familiarity with tools to acquire, log, and analyze data (e.g. temperature, force, current, voltage).
• Ability to work independently to investigate issues and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
• Experience debugging, troubleshooting, or investigating hardware failures.
• Strong attention to detail for finding inconsistencies in data patterns and analyzing failed samples.

Responsibilities

• Design test fixtures to stress, validate, and characterize aircraft subsystems under various environmental conditions.
• Select, build, and maintain data acquisition (DAQ) systems and automated test scripts.
• Plan and execute testing for aircraft propulsion, camera, communications and power delivery systems.
• Help evaluate field failures and manufacturing issues through analysis and DOE.
• Collect and analyze field & test data for root cause analysis or failure replication.
• Assess failure modes and create FMEAs to influence potential design improvements.
• Produce procedures to reliably execute test plans.

Skills

Python

Data analysis

Hardware testing

DOE

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/CS

Tools

DAQ systems

Lab equipment

Job description

Wing, a Google Alphabet company in Palo Alto, offers a 12-week paid Hardware Reliability Intern program. You will design tests, build DAQ setups, and perform failure analysis to improve drone hardware reliability.

The role combines hands-on lab work with cross-functional collaboration, based in Palo Alto with a hybrid schedule. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in Engineering/CS, fluent in Python for data tasks, and capable of DOE and FMEA activities.