Manufacturing Software Engineer Intern - Winter 2027
San Mateo · Internship · Hybrid · Posted Oct 14, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Mateo
About the role
- The Manufacturing Software Engineer Intern will contribute to the production of drones, docks, and accessories at scale by developing processes and tools that bridge the gap between prototypes and finished products.
- This role sits at the intersection of backend, embedded software, frontend, and electrical engineering, focusing on manufacturing infrastructure and automation.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a Hardware-in-the-Loop system for continuous testing of drone hardware and software components.
- Design a deployment system for distributing code to physical machines globally within challenging network environments.
- Build a visual configuration tool for documenting and modifying mass production processes.
- Develop robot calibration processes to distinguish between hardware and software failures and suggest assembly rework.
- Create dashboards to visualize factory state for engineering debugging.
- Develop automated test fixtures to assess sensors and actuators while minimizing operator interaction.
- Develop an AI-powered triage system using LLM agents and manufacturing APIs to inspect hardware and suggest repairs.
Requirements
- Strong coding fundamentals.
- Comfortable with Python.
- Passion for hardware-software systems.
- Ability to thrive on solving and debugging cross-functional challenges.
- Patient troubleshooting skills.
Benefits
- $47/hr hourly pay
Workplace
- Role is located in San Mateo, California.
Skills
- Python
- Flask
- C++
- C
- React
- TypeScript
- Protobufs
- Linux
- AWS
- LLM Agents
