Generalist Engineering Intern - Drones & Applied AI

During your internship at Wingtra, you will be fully onboarded into a small, highly cross‑functional team working closely with the CTO. The team explores new technologies, prototypes product ideas, and turns early technical concepts into working systems that can be tested on real drones, real hardware and real customer‑relevant workflows.

This broad engineering role is for those who enjoy end‑to‑end building. Projects may involve firmware, drone hardware, electronics, mechanical prototyping, web tools, computer vision, machine learning, data analysis or cloud applications. You do not need expertise in all areas; we prioritize curiosity, agency, engineering taste, and a proven ability to solve problems through building.

The starting date is ASAP if possible (or up to September 2026) and the duration will be 6 months or longer.

• Prototype and test systems integrating software, electronics, mechanics and drone hardware.
• Develop firmware and embedded software for microcontrollers and peripherals.
• Handle hardware tasks including soldering, wiring, debugging and assembling test rigs.
• Design mechanical parts and enclosures using CAD and rapid prototyping tools.
• Build internal tools and full‑stack applications using Python, Type Script or React.
• Evaluate CV/ML approaches for automation, mapping and drone‑related data processing.
• Contribute maintainable code to existing codebases and adapt open‑source components.

You should be able to show that you have a:

• Proven track record of building substantial projects independently (hobby, professional or open‑source).
• Self‑directed learner comfortable with technical ambiguity and complex debugging.
• Strong engineering judgment focused on reliability over simple demos.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Degree (in progress or completed) in Robotics, CS, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

The strongest candidates will have concrete examples of things they have personally built. We are especially interested in projects that went beyond coursework and involved solving real‑world problems, your own or for others, and showed some sustained iteration on them.

• Firmware / embedded: C / C++, microcontrollers, protocols (CAN, UART, I2C, SPI) and embedded Linux.
• Robotics: PX4, ROS / ROS 2, autopilots, MAVLink, GNSS and simulation.
• Hardware: Hands‑on electronics, soldering, debugging and test rig assembly.
• Mechanical: CAD design for mounts / enclosures and rapid prototyping (3D printing, CNC).
• Software: Python, C++, Type Script, Git and maintainable Linux development.
• Web: Full‑stack tools using React, Node.js and cloud APIs.
• CV / ML: PyTorch, OpenCV, object detection and edge deployment.
• Data: Log analysis, automation scripts and large dataset processing.

We value independent builders who are creative, who love to learn, dig into complex systems and develop amazing new capabilities into them, and watch their creations go out into the real world and make a difference! Ideal candidates have independently developed technically serious projects – such as drones, robots, web tools or CV / ML pipelines – driven by a genuine interest in making them work!