Boston Software Engineer Intern
Skydio
Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, and operational excellence to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users - from first responders to insurance claims adjusters, utilities, and more!
About the role:
By combining best-in-class autonomy and cloud-connected real-time visibility, drones are becoming critical and ubiquitous infrastructure that can be deployed and monitored in real-time to solve a variety of problems faster, cheaper, and safer than ever before. As a software engineering intern, you will work on important and exciting projects as part of our Global Government engineering team.
An ideal intern candidate is a junior, senior, or graduate-level college student with practical project and/or internship experience developing solutions in the area of robotics or autonomy.
This role will be based out of Boston, Massachusetts.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Leverage your past experiences, best practices, and open-ended problem solving skills to help make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous drones.
Project Examples:
- Build and test customer-facing features to integrate Skydio products with networked systems and/or enable new use cases.
- Develop secure, efficient, observable, scalable, and robust software for autonomous behaviors in complex real-world environments.
What makes you a good fit:
- You are able to attain a US Security Clearance - meaning that you are a US Citizen or Green Card holder
- You are a junior, senior, or grad-level student with meaningful project and/or internship experience
- Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well-architected code
- Proficiency with C++ and/or Python
- Bonus points for experience shipping products or features within a collaborative engineering team environment
- Bonus points for familiarity with networking or distributed systems
- Bonus points for familiarity with robotics software development concepts or real-time networking
Compensation Range: The hourly rate for this position is $41/hr for Undergrad and $53/hr for Graduate students* Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience.
*For some positions the pay may be dependent upon the individual's regional location.
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