iOS Engineer Intern
About The Position
Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise. Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members. This internship is a part of a 10-week full-time summer internship program opportunity. This role will be based at Archer’s headquarters in San Jose, California and relocation or housing will not be provided. Archer is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented intern to join Archer. This internship provides a hands-on opportunity to gain practical experience within the Product Software team. We are looking for a talented and highly motivated iOS Engineer Intern to join a world-class engineering and design team that is shaping the future of aviation. As an intern, you will work on a cutting-edge iOS application that pushes the boundaries of hardware integration and on-device AI, where performance, correctness, and safety are non-negotiable. You will contribute to real, production-quality software used in safety-critical contexts, collaborating closely with experienced engineers, designers, and domain experts. If you are excited by low-level optimization, thoughtful system design, and building elegant user experiences on top of frontier technology, this role is for you.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Solid programming fundamentals and data structures knowledge
- Experience building iOS apps using Swift and Xcode
- Familiarity with iOS frameworks such as UIKit and/or SwiftUI, CoreData, CoreBluetooth, and CoreML
- Understanding of concurrency concepts (e.g., GCD, async/await, threading fundamentals)
- Strong attention to detail and a mindset oriented toward correctness and reliability
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to performance profiling and optimization on iOS
- Experience with embedded or hardware-adjacent development (Bluetooth, sensors, peripheral devices)
- Familiarity with GPU programming in Metal or MLX
- Experience writing unit tests or UI tests
- Prior internship, research, or substantial personal projects
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and iterate on features that integrate deeply with device hardware and external sensors
- Contribute to on-device AI/ML workflows, focusing on performance, reliability, and safety
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested Swift code that meets high engineering standards
- Profile and optimize application performance, memory usage, and power consumption
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including design, backend and AI engineers
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions with senior engineers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
