Role Summary
We are looking for a proactive Project Management Intern to support robotics and AI hardware-software projects. Working with the project manager and cross-functional teams, you will help track schedules, maintain project documentation, coordinate follow-ups, and surface risks or blockers. You will gain hands-on exposure to the product development lifecycle, from concept and validation through New Product Introduction (NPI).
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones, action items, and risk logs for robotics product development.
- Coordinate meetings with cross-functional R&D teams (mechanical, electronic control, software, and AI), prepare agendas and meeting notes, and follow up on decisions and action owners.
- Collect and organize project data, technical documents, test results, and status updates; prepare clear internal reports and presentations.
- Support engineering change reviews, validation activities, NPI readiness, and cross-team handoffs among R&D, manufacturing, quality, and procurement.
- Identify schedule conflicts, dependencies, risks, or blockers, escalate them promptly, and help improve project management templates, tools, and workflows.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, business, information management, project management, or a related field.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ownership; able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with guidance.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and willingness to learn technical concepts and ask questions proactively.
- Comfortable using spreadsheet, presentation, documentation, and online collaboration tools; able to read basic English project or technical materials.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience from student projects, labs, internships, or extracurricular teams involving hardware, software, robotics, AI, or SaaS products.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, Jira, Notion, Trello, Git/GitHub, or product development stages such as EVT/DVT/PVT is a plus.