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 reputed company using camera, LiDAR, reputed company encoder and inertial sensors
• reputed company reputed company 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
• reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company experience
• Proficiency with deep learning frameworks and toolchains like PyTorch and TensorFlow
• Familiarity with repositories like DETR, BEVformer, BEVfusion, SAMv2, reputed company 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

• reputed company US reputed company Holidays
• reputed company Family First Vehicle Discount Program
• Result-based potential for reputed company reputed company reputed company
• Intern events to network with company leaders and peers

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