Software Engineer Intern

Job Title: Software Engineer Intern
Department: Software Engineering
Job Level: L2
FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary:

During this six-month-long internship, the Software Engineer Intern will be responsible for researching, designing, building, and maintaining software and robotics systems and applications. To be successful as a Software Engineer Intern you should be technically oriented and enjoy solving complex challenges. Ultimately, a top-notch Software Engineer Intern should be innovative, open-minded, and an excellent troubleshooter.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Build and optimize our localization/mapping packages and systems for our globally deployed robots.
• Depending on the candidate’s background, work on a specific project. For example, the project may be the followings but not limited to:
  • Graph-based SLAM
  • Vision-based localization
  • Improvement of our mislocalization detection
  • Improvement of our relocalization features
  • Implementation of simulation pipelines for localization
• Your organization skills, go-getter personality, and people-focused mentality are the right tools to grow into a tech lead role.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Required Skills/Abilities/Qualifications:

• Experience with coding in C, C++, Python.
• Experience with working in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience with using git or any version control software.

Preferred Skills/Abilities/Qualifications:

• Expertise and deep understanding about probability theory and sensor fusion such as EKF, particle filter, etc
• Experience with using ROS or any middleware.
• Familiarity with g2o, GTSAM, or any graph-based optimization
• Familiarity with advanced SLAM techniques such as VINS, ORB-SLAM, Fast-LIO, etc
• Familiarity with Gazebo simulator
• Familiarity with third-party libraries such as OpenCV, PCL, Eigen, Ceres, etc.
• Has some publication experience (such as ICRA, IROS, etc)
• Ability to work on projects related to robotics, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, and/or networking, preferred.
• Ability to showcase tech projects and participate in computer science-related extracurricular activities, preferred.

Education/Experience:

• In pursuit of an advanced degree (Master's, or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting/standing at a desk and working on a computer. The employee routinely is required to sit; stand, walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to lift 30 lbs.
  

The pay range for this position is $36 - $44/hr.