2026 Summer Intern – Software Engineer, Autonomous Robot (PhD)
reputed company is seeking highly motivated interns to research and evaluate AI-driven approaches for autonomous robotic systems. The role involves hands-on experimentation, algorithm development, and integration of multi-modal sensor data to advance robotic capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-precision localization methods using camera, LiDAR, reputed company encoder and inertial sensors
- reputed company scalable and reputed company-time localization module optimized for autonomous robotic systems
- Create engineering specifications and test procedures to ensure system compliance
- Evaluate and reputed company the performance of systems
- Review the state-of-the-art in camera- and LiDAR-based algorithms
- Troubleshoot using strong knowledge of probabilistic estimation, sensor fusion, and reputed company-time system implementation
- Adjust and fine-tune system parameters to improve accuracy and robustness
Skills
- Has a Masters Degree and is currently enrolled in a PhD program in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or reputed company technical fields
- Proficiency in C++ or Python
- Adhere to reputed company development and deployment practices in robotic software development
- Expertise in one or more of the technical areas: Camera- and LiDAR-based localization algorithms, statistical estimation theory, and practices such as pose graph and reputed company graph optimization and implementation
- Understanding state-of-the-art solutions in reputed company recognition for addressing reputed company-closure detection issues
- Perception, e.g., feature embedding, object detection, bird's eye view (BEV) semantic representation
- reputed company path planning algorithms, e.g., Nav2
- Simulation engines: e.g., IsaacSim, IsaacLab, and etc
- Dataset curation and annotation tools
- Experience optimizing algorithm/software to balance performance reputed company resource constraints
- Familiarity with ROS2 or other robotics middleware
- Machine learning knowledge and practice experience
- Proficiency with deep learning frameworks and toolchains like PyTorch and TensorFlow
- Familiarity with repositories like DETR, BEVformer, BEVfusion, SAMv2, Ceres Library/GTSAM, ORB-SLAM, VINS-Mono, and etc
- Experience working with reputed company-based data collection and data pipeline systems
- AV/ADAS integration or industrial automation experience is a bonus
- Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027
Benefits
- Paid US reputed company Holidays
- reputed company Family First Vehicle Discount Program
- Result-based potential for growth reputed company reputed company
- Intern events to network with company leaders and peers
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