Robotics Autonomy Software Intern

Internship Opportunity

This internship focuses on developing vision-based obstacle awareness and short-horizon navigation capabilities for a ground robot operating primarily under teleoperation in outdoor, unstructured environments. The role is execution-focused and centers on deploying and evaluating existing vision models to assist teleoperators and enable partial autonomy modes on a solar site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate pretrained vision models for dynamic obstacle detection in outdoor environments
• Build a reproducible data pipeline from teleoperation logs (camera streams and teleoperator commands)
• Derive weak supervision signals from operator behavior
• Implement a real-time ROS2 vision node that outputs interpretable obstacle proximity and risk signals
• Integrate the vision-based navigation module cleanly into Autonomy software stack

Technologies: Python, PyTorch, OpenCV, ROS2, Docker, GPU inference

Qualifications:

· Currently in final year or recently graduated with a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in a related field

· Ability to commit to a 10–12-week internship beginning May 18, 2026 (Group 1) or June 15, 2026 (Group 2)

· Availability to work full-time onsite in Fremont, CA

Compensation: Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors. For California, the hourly rate ranges from $40–$50 per hour.

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