CareerPlan

Robotics Planning & Controls Engineer Intern

South San FranciscoInternship2026-08-24 → 2026-11-09
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Develop motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous robotics systems operating in harsh outdoor construction environments.

Role type

Robotics Planning & Controls Intern

Builds

Autonomous robotic systems for infrastructure construction (e.g., solar farms)

Domain

Robotics, AI, Construction Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

dynamics, optimization, control theory, C++, Python, robot hardware experience

Preferred skills

MPC, whole-body control, sampling/optimization-based planners

Responsibilities

Develop motion planning or control algorithms and deploy to hardware; benchmark against baselines and tune for robustness; integrate with perception and learning components

Seniority

Intern