Electrical Engineer Intern

About Us

Seeing Systems is building autonomous drone systems that can perceive, navigate, and act intelligently in complex real-world environments.

We're advancing autonomy through monocular vision, sensor fusion, and robust system design — drones that keep working where traditional systems fail, supported by an agentic stack that reduces operator cognitive load.

Our first product is an FPV-class drone built from the ground up with a modular hardware architecture. If we get the first platform right, we can move fast on everything else: larger airframes, longer range, new payloads, and new mission profiles without rebuilding the stack each time.

We were founded by brothers Matthew and Alexander Le Maitre. Matthew is a former Jane Street engineer and Cambridge CS graduate with a background in autonomous systems research. Alexander is a self-taught hardware engineer who has been building unmanned systems and military-grade electronics.

We're an early-stage, fast-moving team working at the intersection of robotics, perception, and real-world deployment. We iterate weekly. We test in real environments.

The Role

You'll work alongside our hardware team on the electronics that make our drones fly — schematics, PCB layouts, bring-up, bench testing, and field testing.

This isn't an internship where you'll be reading documentation in a corner. You'll have your own boards, your own scope, and your own bench. The PCBs you design will be populated, brought up, and flown by the team — sometimes in the same week.

You'll work directly with Alex and the wider hardware team on subsystems going into real airframes. You'll learn the full loop from blank schematic to a working board strapped to a drone in the field.

What You'll Do

• Design PCBs end-to-end on focused subsystems: sensor breakouts, power boards, test boards, and bring-up tools.
• Own schematic capture and multi-layer layout under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Bring up, debug, and validate boards on the bench — scopes, logic analysers, signal generators, the works.
• Solder, rework, and assemble prototype boards with your own hands.
• Build test rigs and validation jigs that catch problems before they hit the airframe.
• Support integration of new electronics into our drones and ground station hardware.
• Participate in schematic, layout, and BOM reviews — both as the engineer being reviewed and learning to review others.
• Use AI tools to accelerate design, firmware, and debug.
• Get out of the workshop and into the field with us for flight tests.

What We're Looking For

• Currently studying Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• A solid grasp of analog, digital, and power electronics fundamentals.
• Hands-on PCB design experience in Altium or KiCad — coursework, side projects, hackathons, or personal builds all count.
• Comfortable with EE lab equipment: oscilloscope, multimeter, signal generator, bench supply, soldering iron.
• Some scripting in Python or C.
• A portfolio of personal projects, builds, or coursework that proves you actually like making things.
• Comfortable getting outside and testing in the real world with us.

Nice to Have

• Personal experience building or flying drones, robots, or other unmanned systems.
• Embedded work with STM32-class MCUs and protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN, or Ethernet.
• Exposure to RF or wireless design.
• C/C++ firmware for board bring-up and diagnostics.
• Previous internship, freelance, or club work on real electronic products.
• Familiarity with DFM and EMI considerations.

Why Join

• Real responsibility from week one — your boards will fly.
• A direct line to senior hardware engineers and the founders.
• Fast iteration: from schematic to soldered to flying in weeks, not quarters.
• A portfolio of shipped, field-tested hardware by the end of the internship.
• Snack of choice stocked in the workshop.