Skydio
Autonomy Engineer Intern, Simulation & Robotics, 2027 (HQ)
San Mateo, California, United States · On-site · Internship · Posted Oct 26, 2026
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About the job
Develop and improve Skydio’s simulator to test and advance drone autonomy systems, modeling vehicle physics, sensors, and real-world behavior.
What you'll do
- Design and implement simulator architecture, physics models, and high-fidelity sensor simulations.
- Integrate and validate the autonomy stack in simulation; debug interactions among physics, sensors, autonomy, and rendering.
- Develop and optimize simulator components in C++ and Python, collaborating with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering experience with C++ and Python.
- Experience building complex systems where performance, determinism, or correctness matter.
- Comfort reasoning about time-synchronized systems, state machines, or real-time execution.
- Ability to work in a large, evolving codebase with multiple stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Robotics, simulation, game engines, or real-time systems experience.
- Physics engines, sensor modeling, hardware abstraction layers, multithreaded or low-latency systems, or debugging software and physical behavior.
Pay
$47/hr for Undergrad (hourly rate); $53/hr for Masters (hourly rate); $70/hr for PhD students (hourly rate)
Tools
C++, Python
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