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Hardware Reliability Intern, Summer 2027
Wing · Palo Alto, CA · Posted 23 days ago
Design and execute reliability tests for drone and aircraft subsystems, uncovering failure modes and driving hardware robustness improvements.
Wing is looking for a Hardware Reliability Intern to join our Hardware Reliability based in Palo Alto, CA . Our team evaluates the reliability and durability of aircraft hardware, develops new tests, and performs failure analysis to constantly improve the robustness and reliability of our drone and ground infrastructure.
In this role you will:
- Design test fixtures to stress, validate, and characterize aircraft subsystems under various environmental conditions
- Select, build, and maintain data acquisition (DAQ) systems and automated test scripts
- Plan and execute testing for aircraft propulsion, camera, communications and power delivery systems
- Help evaluate field failures and manufacturing issues through analysis and DOE
- Collecting and analyze field & test data for root cause analysis or failure replication
- Assess failure modes and create FMEAs to influence potential design improvements
- Produce procedures to reliably execute test plans
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, graduating between December 2027 and August 2028
- Proficiency in Python or similar programming language for instrument control or data analysis
- Familiarity with power systems, electrical fundamentals, and test methodology for electromechanical systems
- Comfortable with hands-on work in a lab, such as hardware testing and failure inspection
- Able to construct and follow a detailed hardware test plan
- Familiarity with tools to acquire, log, and analyze data (e.g. temperature, force, current, voltage)
- Ability to work independently to investigate issues and communicate findings to cross-functional teams
- Experience debugging, troubleshooting, or investigating hardware failures
- Strong attention to detail for finding inconsistencies in data patterns and analyzing failed samples
Salary Range $120,000 — $126,000 USD
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