Engineering Intern Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 1 year of sustained, hands-on contribution to a robotics team, rocketry team, Formula SAE, research lab, or a similar environment where software was developed, integrated, and debugged on physical hardware.
• Available to work at least three days per week.
• Able to spend Wednesdays and Thursdays at GITAI’s outdoor test site in the desert region near Los Angeles on a regular basis.
• Hands-on experience getting software to work with real hardware through internships, research, student teams, competitions, or personal projects.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: robotics, computer vision, controls, GNC, autonomy, or embedded systems.
• Experience programming in Python or C++.
• Comfortable working in Linux.
• Strong debugging skills and the ability to work through problems that cross software and hardware boundaries.
• Comfortable working outdoors around active engineering test operations.
• U.S. citizenship required, as this role may support U.S. Government programs that require eligibility for a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ROS or ROS 2.
• Experience integrating sensors, cameras, embedded computers, or robotic systems.
• Experience with OpenCV, PyTorch, state estimation, motion planning, control systems, or related robotics software.
• Experience with hardware communication interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, serial, EtherCAT, or similar protocols.
• Experience with data acquisition, telemetry, time synchronization, or analysis of experimental test data.

Responsibilities

• Support weekly field testing, including system setup, bring-up, data acquisition, logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Develop and debug software for robotics, computer vision, GNC, or related systems.
• Diagnose problems across software and hardware, including sensors, actuators, communications, timing, configuration, and computing systems.
• Build scripts and lightweight tools for data collection, visualization, system health monitoring, and test automation.
• Review test data and logs, reproduce failures, and work with engineers to identify root causes and fixes.
• Support hardware/software integration and test preparation at our Torrance facility between field deployments.
• Document test configurations, issues, findings, and software changes so the engineering team can act on them quickly.

Benefits

• Compensation: $28 - $40 per hour.