{"id":3966080,"url":"https://alion.io/job/fiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing","title":"Internship - UAV Robotics/Mechatronics (Drone Prototyping, Integration & Field Testing)","company":{"id":694690,"name":"Fiducial","domain":"fdcl.nl","url":"https://alion.io/company/fdcl","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":87,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.333,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":97,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"intern","employment_type":"internship","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Delft, Netherlands"],"countries":["NL"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"ArduPilot","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T10:59:19Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T10:12:03Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"Opening\nWE CANNOT PROVIDE VISA SPONSORSHIP\nDetails\nPreferred starting date: ASAP\nWeekly availability: full-time (5 days/week)\nPeriod: 6 months\nLocation: Aerospace Innovation Hub, Delft, the Netherlands\nAbout the company\nFiducial is a young but fast-growing deep-tech start-up with big ambitions at the frontier of autonomy, perception, and defence. Currently, we are developing software for advanced on-board UAV situational awareness in military applications. Using low-cost and widely available sensors and compute, our solutions are built for scalability. From there, we plan to develop a line-up of interconnected solutions to safeguard European safety.\nOur team consists of engineers that are passionate about the technology and solutions they develop. The only time most of us are not thinking about the technology is when we are asleep, and sometimes even then. Our team members have a background in different fields such as Aerospace Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Robotics and Computer Graphics. Our office is located in the Aerospace Innovation Hub, a start-up hub located on the TU Delft campus in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering.\nWe work closely with top-tier partners, ranging from government agencies and prime contractors to academic research institutes and other start-ups. Our projects span from large tender orders in collaboration with partners to low TRL research with government agencies. Whether through formal R&D programs or rapid prototyping tracks, we operate at the intersection of innovation and deployment.\nYour role\nIf you’ve ever spent a weekend building a drone, tuning a flight controller, soldering a power harness, or figuring out why your FPV setup won’t arm, this internship is literally designed for you.\nWe’re looking for a hands-on builder who loves working with real hardware:\nwiring sensors\n\nmounting compute boards\n\nsetting up flight controllers\n\ntesting drones outdoors\n\nfixing whatever breaks and making it better\n\nIf phrases like ArduPilot, PX4, Jetson, ESCs, power distribution, 3D printing, or FPV gear make you smile, you’re the kind of person we want.\nThis is not a “sit behind a desk” internship. You will be on the drones. You will be in the field. You will fly.\nWhat you’ll do\nBuild and integrate hardware onto real drone platforms used in active R&D.\n\nWork hands-on with flight controllers (ArduPilot) and compute boards (Jetson, Orange Pi).\n\nDeploy and debug embedded perception software.\n\nSolder, assemble, and prototype wiring, adapters, mounts, and housings.\n\n3D-print parts and quickly turn ideas into working physical prototypes.\n\nSupport and participate in drone flight tests (you’ll fly regularly).\n\nTroubleshoot issues, iterate fast, and improve our hardware setups.\n\nYou’ll see your work fly, literally!\nWho you are\nYou’ve built or flown drones / RC systems (any level counts).\n\nYou tinker with electronics, FPV, embedded software, or robotics.\n\nYou enjoy making physical things work.\n\nYou like fast iteration and getting your hands dirty.\n\nLinux doesn’t scare you.\n\nYou are independent, curious, and resourceful.\n\nWe don’t care about grades, we care about what you’ve made.\nPlease include photos/links of:\nyour drone builds\n\nFPV rigs\n\nelectronics projects\n\nCAD/3D-printed parts\n\nGitHub repos\n\nanything that shows you build things\n\nIf you’ve ever crashed something, fixed it, and sent it back into the sky - you’ll fit right in.\nRequirements\nEnrolled in a relevant study (Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechatronics, Engineering etc.).\n\nLinux basics.\n\nInterest in UAVs, robotics, embedded systems, or autonomy.\n\nEnglish proficiency.\n\nOrganized and proactive.\n\nBonus:\ndriver’s license, drone pilot license, CAD, 3D printing, soldering, or flight experience.\nWhat we offer\n1000 euro monthly compensation.\n\n10 vacation days during internship period.\n\n(Really) flexible working hours and option to work from home 2 days per week.\n\nHave a direct and significant influence on highly innovative products.\n\nThe opportunity to iterate quickly with tight feedback loops, close to the product. We are innovating, learning is to be expected.\n\nResponsibility over the things you implement, you are the expert on what you build.\n\nThe application procedure\nIf after reading the above you are convinced you are the right person for the job, send us some information about yourself; this can be a resume, website or other source, as long as we get a clear impression of your background and skills.\n\nWe’ll get back to you ASAP. If we feel you could be a fit for the position, we’ll invite you for an informal introduction so we can get to know you, and equally important, you can get to know us. After this, a technical focused interview could follow.\n\nIf at this point we feel you are the person we are looking for, we’ll discuss the specifics (starting date and period).\n\nWelcome to the team!","description_format":"text","description_chars":4868,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Netherlands","iso":"NL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Drones & UAVs","Robotics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T14:16:35Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":97,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/fiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/fiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T16:21:41Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":34257,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":694690},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=694690"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/fiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffiducial-internship-uav-roboticsmechatronics-drone-prototyping-integration-field-testing"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3966080}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"fdcl.nl","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3966080},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}