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Expensive, noisy, and up to a tonne of CO₂ per flight hour.\nWe built the alternative. The HyLighter is a 12-metre autonomous airship running on hydrogen. It flies for up to 10 hours, almost silently, and spots a 1 mm defect from 25 metres up.\nBut the airship is only half the story. Every flight brings back massive amounts of LiDAR, imagery and methane data, and that’s where the value is. Our AI turns it into what operators act on: 50+ types of defects detected automatically, and leaks pinpointed across their network.\nIt’s not a prototype. HyLighters already fly missions for France’s largest energy and rail operators and have flown over the Palace of Versailles. Backed by Y Combinator, we just raised €13M to go from 4 airships to 15.\nWorking at HyLight\nWe design, build and fly every HyLighter, and turn its data into insight, all under one roof on a former airbase. Which means:\nYou own it all the way. At a big aerospace company, you’d own a small piece of one subsystem. Here, you design it, test it, stand on the airfield when it flies, and see the client act on the data it brings back.\n\nWeeks, not years. Ideas go from whiteboard to flight test in weeks.\n\nResponsibility from day one. The founders’ average age is 27. Nobody here waits for permission.\n\nWe don’t care about titles or ticking every box. We care about what you build and the perspective you bring, so if your profile is different, apply anyway.\nJob Summary:\nThis internship is at the core of our operations.\nThe objective is to take ownership of the full operational payload workflow , from mission preparation to client delivery, while contributing to the continuous improvement of payload systems and data pipelines based on real operational feedback.\nYou will be involved in all operational phases of an inspection mission : mission planning, remote payload operations, data analysis, and client reporting and will use this hands-on experience to support the payload and data development roadmap.\nThe Mission:\nEnd-to-End Operational Scope\nOperations Preparation\nPrepare mission parameters and payload configurations\n\nTest our config to be sure we acquire all data we need\n\nLive Payload Operations\nOperate payloads remotely from the control room during live missions\n\nControl gimbal and sensors in real time\n\nEnsure data capture quality (LiDAR and imagery) throughout the mission\n\nData Analysis & Validation\nProcess LiDAR point clouds, imagery, methane sensing\n\nAnalyze collected data to identify defects or points of interest\n\nValidate data completeness and consistency\n\nClient Delivery\nPrepare structured inspection reports and deliverables\n\nEnsure data quality meets client and internal standards\n\nContinuous Improvement & Roadmap Contribution\nImprove flight preparation methods, payload presets, and operating procedures\n\nSupport Lead Payload and Lead Data on embedded systems and data workflow optimization\n\nContribute to tooling, documentation, or automation aligned with the development roadmap\n\nProfile Sought:\nEducation:\nCurrently enrolled in an engineering school (4th or 5th year), or a final-year Licence / Bachelor in relevant backgrounds include embedded systems, computer science, mechatronics, robotics, applied physics, aerospace, or similar disciplines.\nThe following list of skills is exhaustive, while you may not perfectly fit with the profile, we highly value personal growth and development. We see our interns as potential future team leads at HyLight.\nTechnical Skills:\nThis is an exhaustive list of sought after skills, if you have\nMicrocontrollers: ESP32, Atmega328\n\nCommunication Protocols: UART, CAN, I2C, PWM, SPI, RS485\n\nProgramming languages: C/C++, Python\n\nElectronics: PCB design, power electronics, electronic system sizing\n\nSoft Skills:\nAutonomous and reliable\n\nStrong sense of responsibility during live operations\n\nInterest in the drone industry\n\nCurious, eager to learn, enjoy building and creating\n\nLanguages: English & French\n\nBonus Qualities:\nStrong analytical and synthesizing mindset\n\nProactive in proposing innovative technological building blocks\n\nCapable of estimating and communicating progress, meeting development timelines while anticipating challenges\n\nPrior personal or academic projects (link them in your CV!)\n\nWhat We Offer:\nReal responsibility and mentorship with the Ops, Tech and Regulatory teams\n\n100% reimbursement of public transport pass (Navigo) or €800/year for sustainable commuting\n\nBike provided for commuting\n\nFree lunch\n\nBi-annual offsite trips with the whole team\n\nExcellent work environment: international team, team events, beautiful offices on a former airbase\n\nInterview Process:\nIntroductory phone call (20 min)\n\nTechnical assessment\n\nVideo interview with our Head of Data Louis (30 min)\n\nOn-site meeting with the team (40 min)\n\nLocation:\nOffice : Base 217, Brétigny-sur-Orge, accessible via RER C.\n\nLab and Warehouse access","description_format":"text","description_chars":5002,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"French","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","Drones & UAVs","Drone AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T11:37:03Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":70,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T02:03:39Z","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":2673,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"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":3778823},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3778823"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"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%2Fhylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"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%2Fhylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship"},{"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/hylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhylight-payload-operator-embedded-data-analyst-internship"}]}