5 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design and build replay and analysis systems for inspecting and reproducing autonomy behavior.
- Develop scalable automated testing, simulation, log-processing, and failure-triage infrastructure.
- Define APIs, data contracts, and performance requirements across autonomy software and robotics middleware.
- Build reliable, performant developer infrastructure and tools for autonomy development workflows.
- Lead tools from design through deployment and monitoring while contributing to the developer-tools roadmap.
- Collaborate with autonomy, QA, infrastructure, and downstream teams to gather requirements and support integration.
Requirements
- Proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Strong understanding of performance-sensitive and multithreaded systems.
- Experience with simulation frameworks, time-synchronized data systems, or state-machine-driven applications.
- Familiarity with structured data visualization, log processing, or developer-tooling design.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Bonus experience with profiling, multithreading, real-time constraints, robotics, aerospace, automotive, robotics or physics engines, telemetry, log-ingestion pipelines, automated test environments, distributed systems, cloud-hosted services, React, TypeScript, Three.js, or Plotly.
Benefits
- Hourly compensation is $47/hr for undergraduate students, $53/hr for master’s students, and $70/hr for PhD students.
- Full-time employees are eligible for benefit plans, incentives, and stipends.
- The position is an internship for 2027 at Skydio headquarters; compensation may vary by location.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsRobotics
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.