Mechanical Engineer Internship, Reliable Robotics Corporation

Fall 2024 / Winter 2025

$84k

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Mountain View, CA

Reliable Robotics Corporation

Automation systems for aircraft

Job no longer available

Reliable Robotics Corporation

Automation systems for aircraft

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseNavigationFlightsAerospace

Job no longer available

$84k

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Mountain View, CA

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseNavigationFlightsAerospace

Company mission

Reliable Robotics' mission is to help create a world in which aircrafts fly themselves, using artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation.

Role

Who you are

  • Junior or Senior standing in 4-year college degree program in mechanical engineering or equivalent practical experience
  • Solid understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals - statics, dynamics, and materials
  • Experience in NX or similar CAD software and Simcenter or similar FEA packages
  • A demonstrated passion for mechanical or electromechanical hardware

Desirable

  • Hands on application of mechanical systems through classes, clubs, or hobbies
  • Experience applying both hand calcs and FEM to predict failure modes
  • Ability to design, build, and operate mechanical test stands
  • Excellent measurement, technical writing, and data analysis skills
  • Eagerness to both teach and learn

What the job involves

  • As a Mechanical Engineering Intern at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Mechanical Engineering team, reporting to the mechanical engineering manager
  • In your role as a mechanical intern, you will own at least one project from early conceptual design to installation on the development aircraft
  • Our intention is for mechanical interns to experience the full hardware development cycle, and all intern projects are high priority and value-added efforts contributing to our automated flight systems

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Insights

Top investors

-5% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Stock options
  • 401k plan
  • Vision and dental insurance
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Sep 2024

$3.6m

GRANT

Oct 2021

$100m

SERIES C

Total funding: $170.6m

Our take

The landscape of vehicles is rapidly changing with automation and robotics seeing application in cars, trucks, and even spacecraft. Whilst airplanes have seen semi-automatic pilot modes for decades, a human pilot is still required to finetune automated processes and to conduct routine tasks such as taxiing and landings.

Reliable Robotics provides self-driving technology to allow small cargo planes to make routine cargo deliveries without a pilot. Founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers, the company claims that all cognitive abilities required to fly a plane can be automated through machine learning and remote pilot assistance. This will allow cargo planes to utilize the thousands of smaller airports and rural landing strips that are currently underused due to the difficulty of manual landing in areas with poor infrastructure.

The company has attracted significant funding over the years, which is being used in research and development and improving the capabilities of its autonomous aircraft systems. Going forward the company plans to outfit larger cargo planes with its technology, and eventually trial autonomous passenger flights. In 2024, it won funding from the US Airforce, indicating the military sectors interest in Reliable's technology.

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