Manufacturing Software Engineer Intern

About the Role

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.

As an intern on the Manufacturing Software team, you'll be a core contributor, helping to manufacture high-quality drones, docks, and accessories at scale. The processes and tools you build will have a significant impact on the company's scale and success. This team is highly cross-functional, sitting at the intersection of backend (Python + Flask), embedded software (C++/C), frontend (React + Typescript), and electrical engineering (Robotics and Hardware Fixtures).

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Hardware-in-the-Loop system for continuous testing of hardware and software components.
• Design a deployment system for sending code to physical machines globally, with redundant safety systems.
• Build a visual configuration tool for documenting and changing mass production processes.
• Develop our robot calibration process to distinguish between hardware and software failures and suggest rework steps.
• Create a dashboard to visualize the factory state for faster debugging.
• Develop an automated test fixture to assess sensors and actuators, minimizing operator interaction.
• Develop an AI-powered triage system to inspect drone hardware and suggest parts needing repair, combining LLM agents with the manufacturing API.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong coding fundamentals.
• Comfortable with Python.
• Patient troubleshooter, comfortable asking for and giving help.
• Passion for hardware-software systems.
• Interest in How It's Made or Factorio.

Tech Stack:

• Python + Flask backend + on-machine, Protobufs for IPC and RPC.
• React + Typescript frontend.
• On-premises containerized Linux client machines and servers, AWS backend cloud.
• Hardware-in-the-Loop validation systems.
• In-house framework for manufacturing and testing operations.

Qualifications

• You enjoy building products and working on systems involving both hardware and software.
• You are very comfortable with Python and have strong coding fundamentals.
• You are a patient troubleshooter, comfortable asking for help when needed and giving help whenever possible.
• You get excited by "How It's Made" or Factorio and want to work on the machine that builds the machines.