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Product Design Intern

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Hybrid
San Mateo, CA
47-58 Hourly
Internship
Hybrid
San Mateo, CA
47-58 Hourly
Internship
As a Product Design Intern, you'll enhance user interactions with drones, create Figma designs, conduct user tests, and collaborate with product teams.
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Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios and beyond.

About the Role:

As a Product Design Intern, you will join a lean, elite team defining how our users interact with autonomous flying robots that give them superpowers. You will help improve interfaces across Cloud and Mobile platforms for customers working in inspection to security and everything in-between. You will work closely with your Product Design mentor on real projects that affect users today.

Here's how you'll make an impact:

  • Meet with customers to deeply understand their needs and use cases

  • Work with Product Managers and Engineers to iterate on key design improvements for those customers

  • Deliver pixel-perfect Figma designs or real engineered interactive prototypes to demonstrate your ideas

  • Contribute to Skydio’s design system with new components and styles

  • Conduct user testing and evaluations to gather critical feedback

What would make you a strong fit:

  • A portfolio of design work that covers your specific contributions to end-to-end UX projects. Bonus points for specific work in: Physical Security, Fleet Management; Avionics; Photo management; Geospatial Analysis or Mapping; 3D Web Tools; Video Review Workflows; Remote Hardware Sensing (cameras, robotics, aviation)

  • Working towards a bachelors, masters, or PhD in: human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, human factors, computer science, or related field of study.

  • Solid understanding of design concepts such as: web and mobile UX patterns, design systems, low fidelity and high fidelity prototyping, heuristic evaluations, user testing

  • Excitement and enthusiasm for finding creative ways to solve difficult problems under constraints

  • Technical skills in frontend development and willingness to get hands-on with code

Compensation Range: The hourly base salary range for this position is $47/hr for Undergrad, $53/hr for Graduate students, and $58 for PhD 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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At Skydio we believe that diversity drives innovation. We have created a multidisciplinary environment that embraces the power of diverse perspectives to create elegant solutions for complex problems. We are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.

For positions located in the United States of America, Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/

Top Skills

Figma
Frontend Development

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