RETHINK MANUFACTURING The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next. Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Robotics Engineering Intern on the Smart Robotics team at Bright Machines, you will work alongside experienced engineers to prototype and validate 6-DOF industrial robotic systems. You will gain hands-on exposure to robot control, 3D navigation, motion planning, visual inspection, and applied machine learning—helping build and test novel solutions for next-generation manufacturing automation. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Prototype and validate robotic systems involving 6-DOF manipulators, end-effectors

Assist with machine learning workflows for visual inspection (defect detection, classification) and vision-based navigation (pose estimation, visual servoing)

Support motion planning, control, and 3D navigation pipelines (path planning, localization, obstacle avoidance)

Design, execute, and document test plans to validate software and hardware performance

WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

Pursuing a BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Experience with programming and applied math (e.g., Python, C++, Matlab)

Coursework or project experience in robotics, controls, or machine learning

Strong communication skills and attention to detail

Examples of projects showing your problem-solving approach

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD

Experience with motion planning and controls (e.g., ROS/ROS2, MoveIt)

Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) for vision or navigation tasks

Exposure to 3D navigation, SLAM, visual odometry, or sensor fusion

Experience programming robots.

Design team experience. (for example: Formula SAE, robotics clubs, etc.)

Mechanical design/build experience for fixtures.

Experience with metrology, kinematics, and precision mechanisms.

WHO YOU ARE

You are customer obsessed

You believe in the power of a team, diversity of thought, and unity of action

You always act with integrity, keep your commitments, and practice transparency

You think boldly, lead with courage, and demand the highest standards

You drive for results, and act like an owner

BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY

Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure assembly operations. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). With its new AI factory, Bright Machines addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI and the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing by building data center infrastructure at scale with higher quality and shorter time-to-market.

Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.

Robotics Engineering Intern

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