Controls Engineer Intern (Fall 2026)
Core
Design, test, and maintain critical flight software systems for autonomous drone delivery, improving vehicle controller performance and operational reliability in challenging conditions.
Role type
Controls Engineer Intern
Builds
Autonomous drone delivery systems and flight control algorithms
Domain
Aerospace engineering, autonomous logistics, drone delivery
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Applied mathematics, controls solutions development, simulation modeling, embedded software (C/C++/Rust), technical computing (MATLAB/Python/Julia), linear control analysis, optimal control with uncertainty
Preferred skills
Experience with precision inertial navigation, dynamic modeling of complex systems, multi-developer environment workflows, Github proficiency
Technologies
C, C++, Rust, MATLAB, Python, Julia, Github
Responsibilities
Contribute to design, implementation, testing, and release of flight algorithms; Create tools and tests to demonstrate design performance and prevent regressions; Analyze flight data to assess changes and identify improvement areas; Design onboard integrity tests for system performance monitoring; Present key results and changes to the engineering team
Seniority
Intern
