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2027 Internship Simulation Engineer, Neural Rendering

San Francisco, CA💼 Internship🗓 2026-09-28 → 2026-09-29

Core

Building virtual environments for autonomous construction equipment by implementing neural rendering techniques to replace hand-authored assets with learned representations of real jobsites.

Role type

Intern, Neural Rendering Engineer (Simulation)

Builds

Virtual simulation environments for autonomous excavators and heavy construction equipment

Domain

Construction robotics, Computer Graphics, Neural Rendering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, PyTorch, 3D graphics fundamentals, Neural scene representations (NeRF, Gaussian splatting), Real-world data handling

Preferred skills

Published work in neural rendering, Simulation engines (Unreal, Unity, Isaac Sim), Autonomous vehicle simulation, C++, CUDA

Technologies

PyTorch, NeRF, 3D Gaussian splatting, Unreal, Unity, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, CUDA

Responsibilities

Research and implement neural rendering methods for construction-site imagery; Train models on real-world fleet data; Integrate rendering outputs into simulation pipeline; Build evaluation metrics for visual fidelity; Identify failure modes in dynamic construction environments; Document findings on replacing traditional sim assets.

Seniority

Intern

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