Electrical Engineering Intern: Drones & Autonomy

Skydio; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation time

Sick leave

Holiday pay

401K savings plan

Job summary

Skydio is seeking Electrical Engineering Interns to prototype, validate, and refine electrical systems for autonomous flight sensors. You will work with state-of-the-art computing hardware, sensing, and power systems on the EE team.

Responsibilities include schematic/layout, PCBAs, bring-up, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration to build reliable test systems across subsystems.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering (or a related field).
• Solid grasp of electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Familiar with basic EE lab tools (oscilloscope, signal generators, etc.).
• Familiar with scripting/programming in Python/C.
• Some experience with power, digital, or analog electronics.
• Previous internship work on electronic products.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of low-voltage electronic hardware development, including specification, schematic design, PCB layout, prototyping, and fabrication.
• Perform hands-on bring-up, assembly, and debugging of custom circuit boards for testing and validation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, reliability, software, and electrical teams to build reliable test and validation systems for new products.
• Develop and test PCBAs for subsystems such as power distribution, battery management, sensing, motor control, and computing.
• Participate in schematic, layout, and BOM reviews, providing feedback on internally and externally developed designs.
• Support system integration and test activities through test execution, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.

Skills

EE fundamentals

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Python/C scripting

Power electronics

Digital electronics

Autonomous flight knowledge

Autonomous flight regulation (FAA Part

Education

Pursuing Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Oscilloscope

Signal generators

Job description

Skydio is seeking Electrical Engineering Interns to prototype, validate, and refine electrical systems for autonomous flight sensors. You will work with state-of-the-art computing hardware, sensing, and power systems on the EE team.

Responsibilities include schematic/layout, PCBAs, bring-up, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration to build reliable test systems across subsystems.