Mission Software Engineering Intern (Summer)

The role

You will own a scoped project in test, ground systems, or vehicle health monitoring. You will build downstream data paths, telemetry schemas, and analysis tools using real vehicle data.

What you will do

• Own a scoped project in test and ground systems or vehicle health monitoring
• Build the downstream data path including telemetry schemas and ingest pipelines
• Build and verify projects against recorded data and bench setups
• Write automated tests for scenarios including stale, missing, delayed, and malformed data
• Support live test campaigns and work with crew-facing and vehicle health data
• Collaborate across vehicle programs including Paladin, Viceroy, and Squire
• Document and present design decisions and findings

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an M.S. or PhD program in computer science, software engineering, robotics, ECE, aerospace, or a related field
• Strong in Python and/or modern C++ (17 or later)
• Comfortable building and debugging in a Linux environment
• Command of software design, data structures, concurrency, and automated testing
• Familiar with event-driven or publish/subscribe systems, message passing, and networking

Nice to have

• Experience with DDS, ROS 2, MQTT, or similar middleware
• Experience with data logging, time-series pipelines, or building dashboards
• Prior work with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop setups, or log replay tooling

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Housing Stipend available for those temporarily moving to join our team
• Daily, free catered lunches
• Learning & professional development opportunities
• Meaningful projects that make an impact
• Mentorship & guidance from experienced team members

About the company

REGENT is creating the Seaglider, a wing-in-ground-effect craft for regional transportation between coastal cities. The company is scaling from a prototype to full production.