Product Design Engineer Intern, Skydio

Salary not provided

$41/hr for Undergrad, $53/hr for Graduate students, and $58 for PhD students

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Autonomous drones for DFR, inspection, and national security

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Autonomous drones for DFR, inspection, and national security

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

$41/hr for Undergrad, $53/hr for Graduate students, and $58 for PhD students

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Company mission

To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Relentless curiosity
Ability to leverage rock solid fundamentals to create exceptional designs for complicated products
Passion for elegant mechanical design at the highest and lowest levels of detail that will delight customers
Experience with 3D CAD. Familiarity with CATIA is highly valued

Desirable

How to design for a broad array of manufacturing processes including: injection molding, metal casting, CNC machining, sheet metal forming, and composites
How to complete DFM (design-for-manufacturing) with local and foreign suppliers
How to design and integrate circuit boards, antennas, and connectors into mechanical assemblies

What the job involves

As a member of the Product Design Team, you will work on meaningful projects that add value to Skydio and our users. You will solve complex, interesting problems and learn from a team of world-class engineers and researchers
Conquer challenges creatively with a scrappy mindset
Design parts for next generation prototypes
Chase down the root cause of mission critical issues on existing or developing products
Find solutions with engineering design or manufacturing process changes
Validate your solutions with hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection
Communicate with a cross functional team of engineers and suppliers around the globe
Present your work in design reviews and learn from senior members of our team

Our take

A leader in autonomous flight, Skydio builds drones that can track and film targets while avoiding obstacles. Its products have a wide range of applications, most notably for businesses that need to undertake inspections in unsafe places. The drones are also valuable to search and rescue efforts, police forces, and the US army.

Backed by a range of top investors and strategic partners (including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, and Next 47) Skydio sets itself apart from its competitors by marketing its products predominantly to businesses. With technology such as 3D scanning and a 360-degree superzoom mode, its drones have a wide range of applications and functionality.

The company raised funding in 2023, which has boosted its valuation to over $2B. It has since focussed on R&D, developing and launching the X10 model which is designed for first responders and the military, as well as enhancing its remote control and thermal imaging capabilities. On top of this it's also been awarded two contracts to expand the use of advanced autonomous drones across key operational units by the US Air Force. As the largest American drone company, there is no reason Skydio shouldn't remain a key industry actor for years to come.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

24% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Nov 2024

$170m

SERIES E

Feb 2023

$230m

SERIES E

Total funding: $741m

Company HQ

Western Hills, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

Adam Bry

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Having studied at MIT, they spent a year and a half at Google as a Software Engineer. They left this position in February 2014 to co-found Skydio.

Abraham Bachrach

(Co-FOunder & CTO)

Earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and was a Software Engineer for Google's Project Wing.

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