Albacore Inc.Engineering · EngineeringSoftware Engineering Intern
- Philadelphia, United States
- On-site · Internship
- Posted Mar 15, 2026
Albacore Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company building highly-capable, mass-producible drone submarines to defend sovereign waters of America and allied nations. We are backed with more than $10 million from Y Combinator and venture capital investors.
Our team is hiring software engineering interns to join our team for the summer.
During that timeframe, you will help us:
- Scale vehicle production to double-digits.
- Conduct international demonstrations to NATO.
- Blow up a ship (legally).
About you:
- You are curious and excited to learn.
- You care about the quality of your work.
- You are resourceful and comfortable working independently.
- You want to start contributing from day one.
- You want to do the same work as our full-time engineers.
- You want to get your hands on real hardware and see your code move something physical.
Desired qualifications:
- Proficiency with linux and the linux command line.
- Experience with using and writing software for ROS (Robot Operating System).
- Hands-on experience building perception, planning, or control systems for autonomous robots.
- Experience writing systems software in low level languages such as C, C++, Rust, Zig, etc.
- Proficiency with Python, C++ and Rust.
- U.S. work authorization and ability to obtain a security clearance.
About Albacore Inc.
Albacore builds mass-produced long-range drone submarines in the era of autonomous warfare, supporting military operators with underwater systems that can traverse oceans and be deployed at scale.
