Robotics Software Engineer Intern
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About the role
We are looking for a motivated Robotics Engineer Intern to support our team in bringing an existing robotic grasping system back online and driving forward its development. This role offers hands-on experience with a complete perception-to-manipulation pipeline, including stereo vision, ArUco marker detection, and 6-DoF robotic arm control. This is a unique opportunity to contribute directly to a working physical system with real autonomy challenges.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of an existing end-to-end robotic grasping system and bring it back to a fully operational state following a period of paused development.
- Assess and implement necessary configuration updates arising from changes to the end effector setup.
- Refine and stabilise the system, making incremental improvements to simplify the architecture and improve reliability.
- Work with a stereo vision camera mounted on the end effector to detect ArUco markers and guide the arm toward a target grasp pose.
- Collaborate closely with the team to identify and implement further improvements to perception and motion performance.
Requirements
- Required
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Experience with Linux, preferably in embedded or real-time systems environments.
- Experience with an embedded system project demonstrating the full end-to-end process of developing, deploying, and validating software on physical hardware.
- Strong interest in robotics, particularly robotic manipulation and 6-DoF robotic arm control.
- Enthusiastic self-starter with a practical, hands-on approach to problem-solving.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a small, multidisciplinary team.
- Preferred
- Experience with ROS (Robot Operating System).
- Experience with machine vision, computer vision models, marker-based perception systems, or depth perception pipelines.
- Experience with Docker and containerized development environments.
- Experience with 6-DoF robotic manipulators, kinematics, and motion planning.
- Familiarity with robotic perception, grasp planning, manipulation frameworks, or autonomous systems.
- Familiarity with stereo vision cameras, depth sensing technologies, and perception workflows.
- Experience with ArUco or other fiducial marker detection and tracking systems.
- Familiarity with Git and modern version control workflows.
Benefits
Additional Information
About Lodestar Lodestar's mission is to develop the first "Protect and Defend" capability for high-value space assets in orbit. Our flagship product, MITHRIL , is our hardware-agnostic, AI-enabled autonomy software suite that enables us to augment any off-the-shelf spacecraft with the ability to autonomously detect, characterise, and reversibly neutralise orbital threats. By building on the proven space heritage of our best-in-class satellite-bus partners and fully integrating MITHRIL into a single unified platform, we deliver an end-to-end, autonomous in-space bodyguarding service.
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