Intern- Bot Controls

Title: Bot Controls Intern 

We want to learn from you! Our teams at Symbotic value the early career talent that helps us solve critical issues in creative and innovative ways. That is why we offer Internship and Co-op programs where students have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals on some of our most pivotal projects. We invite students from institutions across the country to apply online or engage with our teams on campus at career fairs and other events. Symbotic offers an extensive calendar of events including Lunch and Learns, Social Outings, and Volunteer opportunities for our Interns and Co-ops to engage in.  

The Summer Intern session is a 12-week, full-time (40 hours Monday-Friday) program while the Co-op cohorts typically run 16-weeks in the Spring and Fall. In both programs, students are paid a competitive hourly rate. Continue reading to learn more about this exciting opportunity!  

What you’ll do 

• Brainstorm with engineers on cross-functional teams to conceptualize and develop real-time high-performance software to control and schedule fleets of mobile robots. 

• Apply best practices to the design of data structures and algorithms. Strive for both simplicity and performance. 

• Produce high-quality software contributing to projects that have a significant impact on the business. 

• Simulate robot behavior using internal simulation tools during feature development. 

• Develop path planning algorithms for manipulation and robot navigation. 

• Design, develop, and implement localization algorithms for mobile robots.  

• Define metrics for localization quality in the field.  

• Work broadly across teams to facilitate integration of localization sensors on robots and develop offline pipelines that improve the quality of localization.   

• Support system testing of systems and subsystems.  

• Provide technical support for manufacturing as needed.  

• Troubleshoot system problems in production or design by investigating issues related to product performance or production difficulties.  

• Evaluate and process engineering change requests. 

What you’ll need 

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or related field. 

• Experience with event driven architectures, messaging systems and protocols such as RabbitMQ. 

• Experience with general-purpose programming environments, languages and scripting systems, data analysis packages: Linux, C++, Python, Matlab.  

• Knowledge of Git, Jira, and Confluence or similar tools.   

• Familiarity with DevOps or CI/CD – GitHub automation and docker or Jenkins. 

• Experience with libraries such as OpenCV, PCL, ROS, Boost, Eigen. 

• Hands on experience with embedded systems and platforms like Arduino, STM32, ESP32 or Raspberry Pi. Integrating sensors, motors and actuators using CAN, SPI, I2C.  

• Preferred experience with either of the following:  path planning algorithms, motion control (including open- and closed-loop feedback systems). 

• You are interested in working in a dynamic Agile/Scrum based environment. 

• You possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures and algorithms. 

Our Environment  

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations. 

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.