{"id":1245403,"url":"https://alion.io/job/seeing-systems-software-engineering-intern","title":"Software Engineering Intern","company":{"id":3779732,"name":"Seeing Systems","domain":"seeing-systems.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/seeing-systems","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Work at a Startup","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"intern","employment_type":"internship","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":2000,"max":3000,"currency":"GBP","period":"month","gross":null,"usd_annual":47832},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"AirSim","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"OCaml","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"ROS","optional":false},{"name":"ROS2","optional":false},{"name":"Rust","optional":false},{"name":"Sensor Fusion","optional":false},{"name":"SLAM","optional":false},{"name":"Claude Code","optional":true},{"name":"Computer Vision","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T17:23:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T06:55:25Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"About Us\nSeeing Systems is building autonomous drone systems that can perceive, navigate, and act intelligently in complex real-world environments.\nWe focus on advancing autonomy through monocular vision, sensor fusion, and robust system design, enabling drones to operate reliably where traditional systems fail.\nSeeing Systems was founded by brothers Matthew and Alex Le Maitre, combining deep experience across software, robotics, and defense. Matthew is a former Jane Street engineer and top-ranked computer science graduate from the University of Cambridge, with a background in autonomous systems research. Alexander is a self-taught hardware engineer who has been building unmanned systems and military-grade electronics from a young age, including work on explosive ordnance and national security projects.\nWe are an early-stage, fast-moving team working at the intersection of robotics, perception, and real-world deployment.\nThe Role\nWe’re hiring a Software Engineering Intern to help design and build the core autonomy stack powering our drones. This is a deeply technical, hands-on role where you’ll work across perception, planning, and systems infrastructure-owning critical pieces of the product from day one.\nYou’ll partner directly with the founders to define architecture, make key technical decisions, and ship systems that perform reliably both in simulation and in the field.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and build core components of the autonomous drone stack\nDevelop perception and state estimation systems using monocular vision and sensor fusion\nWork with and extend robotics frameworks like ROS / ROS2\nBuild and test algorithms in simulation environments such as AirSim, and deploy to real systems\nImplement and optimize SLAM, localization, and navigation pipelines\nInterface with sensors, compute systems, and flight controllers\nContribute to system architecture across software, hardware, and communications layers\nRapidly prototype, test in the field, and iterate on real-world performance\nLeverage modern AI tools and workflows to accelerate development and experimentation\nHelp define engineering culture, tooling, and hiring as a founding team member\nWithin your first 30 days, you'll deploy your first vision-based navigation update to a physical drone and test in the field, and within 90 days, you’ll be co-owner of our internal autonomy stack, responsible for large-scale development and direction of our primary software product.\nWhat We're Looking For\nStrong software engineering skills, with Python preferred (C++, Rust or OCaml is a plus)\nExperience building robotics, real-time, or distributed systems\nFamiliarity with ROS / ROS2 and working across simulation + hardware\nStrong intuition for systems, debugging, and performance tradeoffs\nComfortable operating in ambiguity and moving quickly in a startup environment\nHigh ownership mindset -you build, test, and ship end-to-end\nHeavy user of AI tools (e.g., claude code) to accelerate output\n\nWilling to go outside with us and test in the real world!\nNice to Have\nExperience with SLAM, visual odometry, or 3D reconstruction\nBackground in computer vision (especially monocular/depth estimation)\nExperience with sensor fusion (e.g., IMU + camera, Kalman filters)\nFamiliarity with AirSim or similar simulation platforms\nExperience working with drones, UAV systems, or embedded systems\nRF or communications systems experience\nPrior startup or founding engineer experience\nWhy Join\nFounding-level ownership\nOpportunity to build cutting-edge autonomous systems from first principles\nWork on real-world robotics problems with immediate, tangible impact\nTight iteration loop between simulation and deployment\nSmall, high-agency team moving quickly\nIf you’re excited about building autonomous systems that operate in the real world-and want to help define the future of drone intelligence-we’d love to talk.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3882,"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":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Drones & UAVs","Military Drones"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T17:23:59Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:11","velocity","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":47832,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/seeing-systems-software-engineering-intern","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/seeing-systems-software-engineering-intern.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T12:58:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4492,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":508,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}