UX Product Design Intern - Winter 2027

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Skydio is hiring a UX Product Design Intern to help design intuitive, reliable experiences for autonomous systems across web and mobile. The intern will contribute to user research, workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and interface design while collaborating with designers, product managers, engineers, and users.

Responsibilities

Design for Trust: Contribute to interfaces for autonomous flying robots that help operators understand what the system is doing and feel confident that the job will get done Explore Complex Problems: Partner with experienced designers to investigate challenges involving remote hardware sensing, 3D spatial awareness, and AI-driven missions.

Help turn early ideas into flows, wireframes, and prototypes Learn From Users: Support research, usability studies, and on-site customer visits.

Help synthesize observations and bring that “ground truth” back to the team Communicate and Iterate: Share your work, explain your design choices, invite feedback, and improve solutions in partnership with Design, Product, and Engineering Strengthen the Craft: Create thoughtful, high-quality interfaces and interactive prototypes.

Use design and AI tools responsibly to explore ideas, test assumptions, and learn quickly Contribute to the Team: Participate in critiques, help document design decisions, and contribute to design-system patterns and team practices where relevant

Qualifications: You can share academic, personal, freelance, or internship projects that demonstrate your design process, problem solving, and ability to learn through iteration You have a developing foundation in interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and user-centered problem solving You are proficient with tools such as Figma and can turn ideas into wireframes, high-fidelity designs, or interactive prototypes You ask thoughtful questions, seek feedback, and are excited to build new skills in a fast-moving technical environment You can explain your thinking, listen to different perspectives, stay organized, and work constructively with teammates from different disciplines You are excited by robotics, AI, hardware, mapping, navigation, or other technical products You are interested in exploring how AI can support design research, prototyping, and storytelling while applying sound judgment to when and how these tools are used You are currently pursuing or have recently completed a degree, certificate, or focused training in product design, interaction design, HCI, human factors, or a related field—or have developed equivalent skills through self-directed or practical work Prior experience in these areas is helpful

Benefits: Regular mentorship, critique, and support Hybrid work arrangement