Robotics Planning & Controls Engineer Intern

South San Francisco💼 Internship🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-26

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

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About gritt

Gritt is an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to build the infrastructure that pulls society forward. Gritt deploys via simple attachments to common equipment found on construction sites and autonomously performs labor-intensive tasks, verification, and planning. Gritt systems are already building critical infrastructure in the harshest outdoor environments, starting with large-scale solar. The founding team includes experts in robotics and AI from Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and MIT. Gritt is backed by Obvious Ventures, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Climactic, Cong