As a Hardware Product Management Intern at Skydio, you will work closely with customers and engineering teams to help define and shape current and next-gen drone platforms, controllers, cameras, and accessories. You will drive product definition, engage with customers, develop product requirement documents, and partner with cross-functional teams to execute projects that ship during or shortly after the internship. This role offers hands-on experience in hardware and software product management within a leading autonomous flight company.

Responsibilities

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

You have a track record of success, demonstrating high ownership and high agency in fast-paced work environments.
You are a clear and effective communicator in both technical and story-telling contexts.
You are an exceptional critical thinker who loves to learn and can process and leverage new information very rapidly.
You are a team player who is willing to take on any task, big or small, to get the job done.
You have strong spatial and mechanical reasoning ability.
You love to get out “in the field” in order to learn first-hand.
You have a great sense for risk management and are very comfortable forming strong opinions with partial or incomplete information.
You have 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.