Internship 2027 Sensor Systems Engineer

Bedrock Robotics
San Francisco, CA
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience with autonomous systems and sensor integration in mechanical or robotics contexts.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with strong 3D geometry understanding and CAD skills for hardware integration
    — “CAD fluency - enough to reason about where hardware physically goes”
  • Students or professionals with a background in robotics or mechatronics who enjoy physical-world problem-solving
    — “You'll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations can't touch”
  • Individuals comfortable with prototyping and validating sensor setups on real machinery
    — “Prototype mounting concepts and validate coverage assumptions on actual machines”

Things to consider

  • The role requires willingness to test configurations on real construction sites, not just in simulation
    — “Willingness to go to mock construction sites and test sensor configurations”
  • Sensor trade studies involve balancing performance, cost, durability, and mounting constraints
    — “Run trade studies weighing performance against cost, durability, and mounting constraints”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with sensor physics or coverage simulation in your resume and interview
    — “Experience with device physics, ray tracing, rendering or coverage simulation”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate analysis into concrete sensor requirements and specs
    — “Turn your analysis into sensor requirements and specs the hardware team can build to”
  • Showcase projects where you integrated hardware with software or analyzed spatial constraints
    — “Work at the intersection between sensor physics, autonomy systems architecture, mechanical integration and design”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • analyze sensor coverage
  • build tooling
  • run trade studies
  • prototype mounting concepts
  • validate coverage assumptions
Typical background
mechanical engineeringelectrical engineeringphysics

Skills & requirements

Required

Sensor PhysicsAutonomy Systems ArchitectureMechanical Integration3D GeometryCoordinate FramesTransformsPythonCAD

Preferred

Device PhysicsRay TracingRenderingCoverage SimulationAutonomous Vehicle Sensor SuitesHeavy Equipment

About the role

Original posting from Bedrock Robotics via Ashby

JOIN THE TEAM BRINGING ADVANCED AUTONOMY TO THE BUILT WORLD

At Bedrock, we're moving AI out of the lab and into the real world. Our team includes veterans who helped launch Waymo, scaled Segment to a $3.2B acquisition, and grew Uber Freight to $5B in revenue. Today, we're deploying autonomous systems on heavy construction equipment across the country, improving safety on job sites and accelerating schedules on critical infrastructure projects.

We're not here debating the future of AI. We're deploying it in the real world. In just two years, we've raised $350M and achieved the first fully autonomous excavator deployments in construction.

This is where algorithms meet steel-toed boots. You'll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations can't touch. If you're ready to do meaningful work on hard problems, we'd love to have you join us.

ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAM

Every new machine type we bring into the fleet raises the same question from scratch: which sensors, where do they go and what are they used for? The Systems / Sensors team answers it with analysis rather than guesswork, trading off coverage, cost, durability, and what will actually survive on a jobsite. As our Sensor Systems intern, you'll own sensor selection and placement analysis for a new machine platform, from first trade study to validation on real steel.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Work at the intersection between sensor physics, autonomy systems architecture, mechanical integration and design.
  • Analyze sensor coverage, occlusion, and blind spots for candidate sensor suites on new machine types
  • Build or extend tooling that models field of view, range, and coverage geometry
  • Run trade studies weighing performance against cost, durability, and mounting constraints
  • Prototype mounting concepts and validate coverage assumptions on actual machines
  • Turn your analysis into sensor requirements and specs the hardware team can build to
  • Work across perception, hardware, and safety to make sure the suite serves everyone downstream

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

REQUIRED

  • Currently pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in an engineering or engineering-adjacent discipline such as mechanical, electrical, physics, mechatronics, robotics, or computer science (or bringing equivalent hands-on experience)
  • Solid grasp of 3D geometry, coordinate frames, and transforms
  • Python for analysis and tooling
  • CAD fluency - enough to reason about where hardware physically goes
  • Willingness to go to mock construction sites and test sensor configurations

PREFERRED

  • Experience with device physics, ray tracing, rendering or coverage simulation
  • Familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensor suites
  • Exposure to heavy equipment or off-road machinery

Bedrock Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

We want our hiring process to be accessible to everyone. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know so we can support you.

Source: Bedrock Robotics careers (Ashby)

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