Product Design Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

Skydio
San Mateo
Workplace: HybridInternshipUSD 41 - 58 hourlyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Communication","Cross-functional collaboration","Problem-solving","Creativity","Curiosity"]

Join the Product Design Team to tackle meaningful, complex design challenges for next-generation drone prototypes and mission-critical issues. You’ll design mechanical parts, investigate root causes, propose engineering/design or manufacturing-process changes, and validate solutions through hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection. Work with engineers and suppliers globally, present your work in design reviews, and learn from senior team members.

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Product Design Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

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Job Summary

Join the Product Design Team to tackle meaningful, complex design challenges for next-generation drone prototypes and mission-critical issues. You’ll design mechanical parts, investigate root causes, propose engineering/design or manufacturing-process changes, and validate solutions through hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection. Work with engineers and suppliers globally, present your work in design reviews, and learn from senior team members.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Internship
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design parts for next-generation prototypes and contribute to mission-critical fixes across existing or developing products.
  • •Use engineering design and/or manufacturing process changes to find solutions, including diagnosing root causes.
  • •Validate solutions through hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection.
  • •Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers and suppliers around the globe.
  • •Present work in design reviews and learn from senior team members.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 41 - 58 hourly

Key Requirements

  • •Relentless curiosity and an ability to tackle complex problems creatively in a scrappy environment.
  • •Ability to use strong design fundamentals to create exceptional designs for complicated products.
  • •Passion for elegant mechanical design across both high- and low-level detail.
  • •Experience with 3D CAD; familiarity with CATIA is highly valued.
  • •Experience with hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection to validate design solutions.
Skills:CommunicationCross-functional collaborationProblem-solvingCreativityCuriosity
Tech Stack:3D CADCATIAInjection moldingMetal castingCNC machiningSheet metal formingCompositesDFMDesign-for-manufacturingCircuit boardsAntennasConnectors

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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