Internship: Robotics Behaviors & User Interfaces

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