Hardware Test and Reliability Intern

About the Role

Skydio is seeking Summer 2027 interns or Co-ops for our Hardware Test & Reliability Team. This role involves contributing to the development and execution of test plans and testing infrastructure for autonomous flying machines.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of hardware and software systems to execute comprehensive performance and reliability validation.
• Analyze data, calculate statistics, and document results to explain trends and inform design improvements.
• Perform failure analysis to identify root cause and help develop mitigations, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Participate in design reviews and provide design for reliability inputs.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A sense of how to test, how not to test, and how to find vulnerabilities in processes and design.
• A systematic approach to problem-solving and a knack for rapidly identifying issues within electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong desire to drive failure analyses to true root cause.
• Experience with Python or other programming languages for test automation, data analysis, and visualization.
• Familiarity with testing equipment and basic knowledge of stress, environmental, and accelerated life testing methods.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to learn and contribute across multiple domains.
• Excellent project management, written & verbal communication, and cross-functional teamwork skills.
• Enthusiastic tendencies toward applying first principles to engineer creative solutions.

Compensation for this position is $47/hr for Undergrad, $53/hr for Graduate students, and $58 for PhD students.