Product Design Intern

Skydio • San Mateo, CA

6d • $47 - $58

About The Position

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

Requirements

• A portfolio of design work that covers your specific contributions to end-to-end UX projects.
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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)

Responsibilities

• 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 This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees