1 day ago
San Mateo, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the architecture and roadmap of the HIL test framework and its CI integration.
- Design and build test stations and fixtures and bring new products onto the HIL system.
- Partner with firmware, platform, and product teams to convert validation needs into reliable automated tests.
- Develop new hardware validation use cases for broader engineering teams.
- Triage failing test runs, distinguish infrastructure problems from product regressions, and route confirmed bugs to the appropriate team.
Requirements
- Strong Python skills and the ability to write clean, well-tested code with sensible abstraction boundaries.
- Software engineering experience building or owning test or CI infrastructure.
- Solid Linux systems skills, including networking, USB/udev, systemd, Docker, and shell scripting.
- Hands-on embedded Linux experience with flashing, bootloaders, recovery modes, serial consoles, and debugging boards that fail to boot.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to support multiple engineering teams.
- Experience or interest in hardware bring-up and system debugging.
- Ideal candidates are junior, senior, or MS-level college students with industry experience developing test infrastructure and familiarity with device-level embedded software or firmware.
- Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days is strongly encouraged for all employees and required for certain positions.
Benefits
- Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay, and a 401K savings plan.
- Winter 2027 internship opportunity.
- Hourly compensation varies by student level: $47/hr for undergraduates, $53/hr for graduate students, and $70/hr for PhD students.
About Skydio
Skydio builds autonomous drones, docking systems, and fleet management software for enterprise, public safety, and defense customers. It sells hardware with AI-based autonomy plus SaaS for fleet operations, inspections, and Drone-as-First-Responder programs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company designs and assembles its products in the U.S., with manufacturing in Hayward, and its systems are used across utilities, law enforcement, and the U.S. military.