Jobs at Saronic

Supports cross-functional supply chain projects across procurement, planning, scheduling, materials management, supplier quality, supplier development, commodity management, and logistics. Assists with purchase orders, supplier follow-up, dashboards, inventory analysis, production scheduling, supplier scorecards, cost analysis, and shipment coordination. The intern analyzes supply chain data, identifies shortages and improvement opportunities, collaborates with engineering and operations teams, and presents project findings.

Develops and improves manufacturing processes for autonomous surface vessel systems. Responsibilities include designing assembly workflows, leading DFM/DFA reviews, developing tooling and fixtures, creating work instructions, training technicians, troubleshooting builds, defining inspection points, coordinating material readiness, maintaining process documentation, and supporting capacity planning and production layout strategy.

Own end-to-end execution of large-scale commercial and government shipbuilding programs from contract award through delivery and sustainment. Manage cost, schedule, scope, quality, customer relationships, production throughput, supply chain risks, configuration strategy, and mission-package integration. Lead cross-functional teams across production, engineering, software, mission services, and field engineering while coordinating government stakeholders, contracts, deliverables, and technical tradeoffs.

Develops and improves supplier quality, processes, and capabilities for autonomous maritime systems. Responsibilities include supplier audits, quality assessments, corrective actions, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, risk mitigation, supplier qualification, and performance monitoring. The role applies Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, DOE, and related quality methodologies while collaborating with procurement, manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams. Travel to supplier sites may be required.

Supports People Operations across onboarding, offboarding, HRIS administration, compliance, employee records, policies, benefits, payroll inquiries, and HR projects. Partners with Recruiting, Payroll, Legal, and leadership to manage employee lifecycle processes, maintain employment-law compliance, protect confidential information, and improve HR operations in a fast-growing environment.

Designs, integrates, and tests electrical, electro-mechanical, and software-driven systems for autonomous surface vessels. Responsibilities include prototype development, system integration, laboratory and marine field testing, troubleshooting, failure analysis, technical documentation, and collaboration with technicians across electrical, mechanical, and software teams.

Owns and facilitates hands-on training for shipbuilding and manufacturing trades at the Austin production site. Responsibilities include scheduling training, onboarding employees, adapting corporate content, identifying skill gaps, delivering welding, fitting, wire harnessing, safety, and equipment instruction, tracking completion and feedback in the LMS, coaching trainees, and coordinating workforce development partners.

Plans and executes autonomous vessel missions across open-ocean and littoral environments, serving as a primary field operator with go/no-go authority. Develops mission plans, SOPs, contingency procedures, and military operator training. Coordinates maritime safety, port operations, and range compliance; captures field feedback for product and engineering teams; supports government customer engagement, site surveys, reporting, and operational readiness exercises.

Supports enterprise technology initiatives by eliciting and documenting requirements, managing backlogs, coordinating stakeholders and dependencies, and facilitating Agile delivery ceremonies. Partners with product owners, developers, architects, and platform teams across Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Slack environments. The role ensures traceability, mitigates delivery risks, improves processes, and helps teams deliver clearly defined initiatives without requiring hands-on platform configuration.

Manage and optimize Paycom, Workday, and other People systems; ensure data integrity across payroll, benefits, time tracking, and performance systems; build reports and dashboards; lead automation initiatives; support employee lifecycle workflows, compliance, background checks, records management, employee inquiries, vendor coordination, and People Operations projects.

Supports IT Operations by troubleshooting hardware, software, network, and device issues; maintaining systems through updates, patches, and backups; documenting helpdesk tickets; and assisting with technical projects, migrations, and upgrades. The intern also follows security and access-control best practices, communicates solutions to nontechnical users, and collaborates with senior IT staff in a full-time, in-office Austin environment.

Manufacturing Engineer Intern supporting project-based efforts to improve production efficiency, workflows, floor organization, lean initiatives, tooling, fixtures, manufacturing data, and documentation. The intern will collaborate with engineering, operations, and fabrication teams while contributing to autonomous vessel manufacturing projects. This is a full-time, in-office position in Austin, Texas, from May through August 2027.

Supports environmental, health, and safety programs across engineering labs, manufacturing spaces, shipyards, and maritime testing operations. Responsibilities include inspections, hazard assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, OSHA documentation, chemical inventory management, environmental compliance, training, metrics tracking, audits, emergency drills, and regulatory research. The intern collaborates with engineering, operations, and facilities teams in a full-time, on-site Austin role from May through August 2027.

Supports the design, prototyping, testing, and optimization of autonomous surface vessel electrical and electromechanical systems. Responsibilities include system monitoring, data acquisition and analysis, power measurement, sensor integration, autonomy validation, propulsion and equipment integration, troubleshooting, research, technical reporting, and hands-on work with tools, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi.

Develop and test software for autonomous surface vessels, including navigation, sensor integration, communication, real-time decision-making, path planning, and object detection. Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, field deployments, troubleshooting across software, hardware, and networking systems, technical documentation, and hardware-software integration. The internship is full-time and in-office in Austin, Texas, with maritime field testing and travel.

Mechanical Engineering Intern supporting the design, simulation, testing, and optimization of autonomous surface vessels. Responsibilities include analyzing hull stability and hydrodynamics, conducting CFD simulations, validating prototypes and autonomy algorithms, integrating propulsion and onboard systems, performing data acquisition and analysis, troubleshooting hardware, and documenting engineering findings. The role is full-time, in-office in Austin, Texas, from May through August 2027.

Software Engineer Intern will design, implement, test, and integrate software for autonomous surface vessels. Responsibilities include navigation, sensor integration, communication protocols, real-time decision-making, path planning, object detection, testing frameworks, hardware-in-the-loop testing, technical documentation, and cross-functional hardware integration. The role is full-time and on-site in Austin, Texas, from May through August 2027.

Support enterprise SaaS platforms through configuration, development, integrations, automation, documentation, monitoring, testing, and troubleshooting. The intern will work with analysts and developers to configure systems such as Salesforce, Workday, NetSuite, and Slack; write scripts or Apex logic; validate data flows and APIs; support user-acceptance testing; and resolve access or configuration issues. This is a full-time, in-office summer internship in Austin, Texas.

Support the design and analysis of autonomous surface vessels through hull-form development, hydrodynamic and stability calculations, CAD modeling, structural design, weight management, and autonomous-system integration. Assist with model testing, validation, design reviews, technical research, documentation, and client reports while collaborating with naval architects, engineers, and programmers. This is a full-time, in-office internship in Austin, Texas, from May through August 2027.

Develop and maintain CMM and 3D scanning inspection programs using CAD, drawings, and GD&T requirements. Perform measurement system analysis, dimensional data analysis, reporting, and special inspections. Own engineered tooling and fixture lifecycle management, including inventory, verification, calibration, configuration control, documentation, and controlled production release. Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, R&D, Production, and suppliers to resolve issues and improve measurement accuracy, tooling reliability, and manufacturing support.