About the role#
As a Robotics Systems Intern on the Sensor Platform team, you will help evaluate and optimize production-intended sensors for autonomous trucks. You will work at the intersection of hardware and software to characterize sensor behavior, improve multi-sensor time synchronization, and integrate safety-relevant diagnostics into the platform.
What you'll do#
- Design and execute sensor evaluation experiments for LiDARs, radars, and other production sensors.
- Characterize bandwidth, latency, jitter, and packet loss for various sensor configurations.
- Contribute to sensor driver and data pipeline improvements using C++ and Python.
- Analyze and improve multi-sensor time synchronization, including PTP/gPTP, NIC hardware timestamps, and clock offset measurements.
- Investigate phase alignment between LiDAR, radar, GNSS/IMU, and vehicle motion signals to support fusion and perception performance.
- Support the integration of sensor safety concepts, such as health and status monitoring.
- Build tooling and dashboards to visualize sensor performance metrics like latency histograms and bandwidth plots.
- Document findings and present technical recommendations to the robotics, perception, and systems teams.
What you'll need#
- Strong coding skills in C++ and/or C and Python.
- Proficiency working in Linux, including shell usage, compiling code, and log inspection.
- Experience capturing and analyzing sensor traffic using tools such as tcpdump, Wireshark, or custom logging pipelines.
- Strong interest in systems-level performance, specifically profiling, bottleneck analysis, and latency measurement.
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering.
Location & details#
- Location: Santa Clara, California.
- Term: Summer 2026.
- Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Full-time internship.
- Compensation: Paid position.
