Mechanical Engineer Internship, Reliable Robotics Corporation
Winter/Spring/Summer 2025
Estimated annualized salary for this position is $94,000.
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Automation systems for aircraft
Open for applications
Automation systems for aircraft
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Estimated annualized salary for this position is $94,000.
Office located in Mountain View, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
Reliable Robotics' mission is to help create a world in which aircrafts fly themselves, using artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation.
Role
Who you are
- Junior or Senior standing in 4-year college degree program in mechanical engineering or equivalent practical experience
- Solid understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals - statics, dynamics, and materials
- Experience in NX or similar CAD software and Simcenter or similar FEA packages
- A demonstrated passion for mechanical or electromechanical hardware
Desirable
- Hands on application of mechanical systems through classes, clubs, or hobbies
- Experience applying both hand calcs and FEM to predict failure modes
- Ability to design, build, and operate mechanical test stands
- Excellent measurement, technical writing, and data analysis skills
- Eagerness to both teach and learn
What the job involves
- As a Mechanical Engineering Intern at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Mechanical Engineering team, reporting to the mechanical engineering manager
- This is a small team of highly motivated people designing, testing, and flying advanced mechanical systems
- We enjoy cradle-to-grave hardware ownership and hands-on build, test, and integration of our designs
- In your role as a mechanical intern, you will own at least one project from early conceptual design to installation on the development aircraft
- Our intention is for mechanical interns to experience the full hardware development cycle, and all intern projects are high priority and value-added efforts contributing to our automated flight systems
Our take
The landscape of vehicles is rapidly changing with automation and robotics seeing application in cars, trucks, and even spacecraft. Whilst airplanes have seen semi-automatic pilot modes for decades, a human pilot is still required to finetune automated processes and to conduct routine tasks such as taxiing and landings.
Reliable Robotics provides self-driving technology to allow small cargo planes to make routine cargo deliveries without a pilot. Founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers, the company claims that all cognitive abilities required to fly a plane can be automated through machine learning and remote pilot assistance. This will allow cargo planes to utilize the thousands of smaller airports and rural landing strips that are currently underused due to the difficulty of manual landing in areas with poor infrastructure.
The company has attracted significant funding over the years, which is being used in research and development and improving the capabilities of its autonomous aircraft systems. Going forward the company plans to outfit larger cargo planes with its technology, and eventually trial autonomous passenger flights. In 2024, it won funding from the US Airforce, indicating the military sectors interest in Reliable's technology.
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Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$3.6m
GRANT
Oct 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $170.6m
Company benefits
- Stock options
- 401k plan
- Vision and dental insurance
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Authenticity
- Bias for action
- Personal autonomy
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Robert Rose
(CEO)Robert studied at Oregon State University before working as a HP Software Engineer for 7 years, spending 3 at PlayStation, and founding Genielab and Bork 3D. After roles at SpaceX, Vicarious AI, Tesla, and Google, they co-founded Reliable Robotics in July 2017.
Juerg Frefel
(CTO)Juerg started their career as an Electronics Engineer at Aveox, spending 6 years there before moving to Transonic Combustion. They spent almost a decade at SpaceX before leaving to co-found Reliable Robotics in 2017.
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