Join Hydromea as a Robotics Software Intern and dive into the world of underwater robotics. You'll work hands-on with our EXRAY vehicles every day, from writing behavior logic to piloting the ROVs in tanks, on test missions, and even field deployments.
You’ll contribute to both production units and R&D projects involving long-term fish pen residency and autonomous underwater inspections. This is an opportunity to develop impactful software while staying closely connected to the hardware and real-life missions it powers.
Your Responsibilities
Pilot Station Interface Development:
Create and expand components of our control UI (Navia) to integrate new sensors, visualize analytics, and enable more powerful operator tools.
Help bring autonomy to the surface by building intuitive, data-rich dashboards for monitoring and control.
Your work will directly affect how users command and understand our underwater robots. Robotic Behaviors & Autonomy Integration
Collaborate with the autonomy team to integrate behaviors and logic that guide our vehicles in semi- and fully-autonomous missions.
Handle telemetry, behavior triggers, and system feedback — making sure our robots do the right thing, even when the pilot steps back. Embedded System Maintenance
Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of code running on microcontrollers (C) and Raspberry Pi systems (C++/Python).
Most embedded foundations are done — your job will focus on bug fixing, refactoring, and refining performance, when necessary.
Your Qualifications
We're looking for someone who’s curious, hands-on, and ready to write software that moves real machines. Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA/CH citizenship is required.
You should be comfortable with:
Python for scripting, logic, and UI
C and C++, for embedded and onboard systems
Developing interfaces or dashboards using PyQt5 / PyQt Designer / QSS
Working with communication protocols like UART, CAN, I2C, etc.
Visualizing and interacting with real-time data
git and git procedures (merge request, rebasing, conflict resolution, etc.)
Plus:
You'll be piloting EXRAY regularly — in the lab, in the field, and on real missions
If interested, you'll have chances to join deployments, testing missions, and R&D trials Why Hydromea?
Daily hands-on experience with advanced underwater robots
A team of experts in autonomy, embedded systems, and robotics
Mix of production and exploratory R&D work
See your code deployed in the real world — and pilot the system yourself
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