Hardware Product Management Intern Jobs

Skydio

Location:
United States, San Mateo

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

47.00 - 58.00 USD / Hour

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Job Description:

As a Hardware Product Management Intern, you will work closely with our customers and our hardware and embedded software engineering teams to help define and shape Skydio’s current and next-gen drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories ecosystem. This is an incredible opportunity to learn Hardware + Software Product Management, drive key decisions, ship products to customers, and ultimately make an impact on the tools that our customers use in service of public safety, national security, and delivering safe and reliable power.

Job Responsibility:

Drive definition on portions of our existing and next-generation hardware products, including drones, controllers, cameras, and accessories, translating to impact on actual products shipped
Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems to inform execution on projects
Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to inform execution on projects
Develop, own, and publish product requirement documents for portions of Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software
Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute on self-contained projects that are expected to ship during the internship or shortly after
Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development
Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success
Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring our products to market
Collaborate closely with our Go To Market Strategy team to forecast demand and price products

Requirements:

Masters/MBA student
Track record of success demonstrating high ownership and high agency in fast-paced work environments
Clear and effective communicator in both technical and story-telling contexts
Exceptional critical thinker who loves to learn and can process and leverage new information very rapidly
Team player willing to take on any task, big or small, to get the job done
Strong spatial and mechanical reasoning ability
Love to get out “in the field” in order to learn first-hand
Great sense for risk management and comfortable forming strong opinions with partial or incomplete information
Strong business acumen and can approach problems either from a top-down business perspective or a bottom-up technical perspective

Nice to have:

A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science
An advanced degree, or degree in progress, such as an MBA
Aviation or drone experience
Experience with IOT or networked devices
Experience working in one of our core verticals (Law Enforcement, National Security, Electrical Utilities)
Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs

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Job Posted:
December 12, 2025

Work Type:

On-site work

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