Robotics Engineering Intern
Core
Develop sim-to-real-to-sim platforms for the Intuitive surgical robot system, enabling rapid prototyping and de-risking of autonomous controller architectures.
Role type
Robotics Engineering Intern
Builds
Simulation environments and virtual models of the surgical field for autonomous controller development.
Domain
Medical Robotics / Surgical Automation
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Control system design, Embedded C++, Simulation environment development, Video-based 3D reconstruction, Autonomous control architectures
Preferred skills
MATLAB, Python, MuJoCo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Sim-to-real transfer methods
Responsibilities
Implement control architectures in high-level and low-level targets, Test controller performance in simulation and on hardware, Create simulation environments with rigid-body dynamics and realistic rendering, Synthesize simulated environments from video data, Execute closed-loop round-trip tests between simulation and reality
