Software Engineer Test Ops - Intern 2025
Austin, TX
Internship
Onsite
Intern/New Grad
Apptronik designs and builds human-centered robotics systems, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Test Ops Intern for 2025. The intern will work on developing control, planning, perception, and autonomy algorithms for state-of-the-art general-purpose robots designed to operate in human spaces.
Responsibilities
- Work on control, planning, perception, and autonomy algorithms
- Software, sensor, and hardware integrations
- Machine learning and testing in simulation and on real robot platforms
- Develop a dynamic humanoid robot robust to unstructured environments and able to perform useful tasks.
Qualification
Required
- MUST be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in an accredited program during the internship term. (New graduates not enrolled in an accredited program for Fall 2025 are ineligible.)
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Electrical/ Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering or similar.
- Experience in software and algorithm development for control, planning, perception, or autonomy for robotics.
- Proficient in C++ in a Linux development environment, with prior demonstrated ability to: Translate complex theoretical concepts and algorithms into practical, efficient, and bug-free software implementations.
- Perform on a fast-paced software development team using standard CI tools like Git while following rigorous documentation and testing standards.
- Familiar with modern software tools / libraries relevant to your skillset.
- Robotics frameworks and libraries such as ROS, Ignition Gazebo, Pinocchio, MuJuCo, OMPL, MoveIt etc.
- Strong theoretical understanding of some significant subset of dynamics, controls, estimation, data science, or linear algebra.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- GPA of 3.0 or above.
- Familiarity with any of the following programming languages: Python, C or C# or C++, Bash, CMake, XML, or YAML.
- Testing experience - both on the unit and integration test level.
- +1 years of experience in C++ and Python.
- Familiarity with build tooling: CMake, Make, Bazel, Gradle.
- Experience with utilizing Code Coverage.
Preferred
- Experience with HITL (Hardware in the loop) tests.
- Experience with writing simulation tests.
- Experience developing and debugging real-time, multithreaded software systems.
- Experience implementing model-based feedback control of articulated robots and troubleshooting hardware.
- Experience with modeling dynamic systems, system identification, and optimization solvers.
- Experience with embedded systems and firmware development.
- Familiarity with RTPreempt and Linux kernel configuration.
- Experience with EtherCAT.