Product Management Internship

Skydio; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Hardware Product Management Intern to work closely with customers and our hardware and embedded software teams, helping define and shape drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories ecosystem.

This internship offers a unique learning path in hardware + software product management, driving key decisions, shipping products, and impacting the tools used in public safety, national security, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science.
• Experience in hardware or drone environments is beneficial.
• MBA or degree in progress is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and hardware/embedded software teams to shape drones, controllers, cameras, and accessories.
• Develop and publish product requirements for hardware and embedded software.
• Engage stakeholders to understand problems and inform project execution.
• Document feedback from customers to steer product development.
• Partner with sales to forecast demand and with GTM for product positioning.

Skills

Spatial reasoning

Mechanical reasoning

Team player

Critical thinker

Effective communicator

Fast learner

Business acumen

Education

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Computer science

MBA or in-progress

Job description

• As a Hardware Product Management Intern, you will work closely with our customers and our hardware and embedded software engineering teams to help define and shape Skydio’s current and next-gen drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories ecosystem
• This is an incredible opportunity to learn Hardware + Software Product Management, drive key decisions, ship products to customers, and ultimately make an impact on the tools that our customers use in service of public safety, national security, and delivering safe and reliable power
• Examples of how you’ll make an impact:
• Drive definition on portions of our existing and next-generation hardware products, including drones, controllers, cameras, and accessories, translating to impact on actual products shipped
• Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems to inform execution on projects
• Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to inform execution on projects
• Develop, own, and publish product requirement documents for portions of Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software
• Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute on self-contained projects that are expected to ship during the internship or shortly after
• Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development
• Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success
• Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring our products to market
• Collaborate closely with our Go To Market Strategy team to forecast demand and price products

Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions

• You have strong spatial and mechanical reasoning ability
• You love to get out “in the field” in order to learn first-hand
• You are a team player who is willing to take on any task, big or small, to get the job done
• You are an exceptional critical thinker who loves to learn and can process and leverage new information very rapidly
• You have a great sense for risk management and are very comfortable forming strong opinions with partial or incomplete information
• You are a clear and effective communicator in both technical and story-telling contexts
• You have a track record of success, demonstrating high ownership and high agency in fast-paced work environments
• You have strong business acumen and can approach problems either from a top-down business perspective or a bottom-up technical perspective
• A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science
• Aviation or drone experience
• An advanced degree, or degree in progress, such as an MBA
• Experience with IOT or networked devices
• Experience working in one of our core verticals (Law Enforcement, National Security, Electrical Utilities)
• Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
• Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs