Software Engineering Internship, Collaborative Robots
Robotics, 3-month Term
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Robotics company
Be an early applicant
Robotics company
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a world where humans and robots collaborate in a trusted partnership.
Role
Who you are
- Pursuing a graduate degree in Computer Science, Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, or related field
- Experience developing software for on-robot systems
- Proficiency with Git, version control, and Linux environments
- Skilled in Python or C++
- Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills
- Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team
- Willing to occasionally travel
- Must have and maintain US work authorization
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to deploy software to robots in production
- Experience with multi-agent coordination and planning, auction based planning, distributed decision making
- Practical experience with software engineering best practices
- Familiarity with edge compute architectures
What the job involves
- We are seeking a SWE Intern, Robotics to contribute to the development of our on-robot autonomy stack, with a focus on multi-robot control and coordination
- In this role, you will work closely with a small, collaborative engineering team to develop, deploy, and maintain software that powers our robots in customer environments
- This internship offers hands-on experience bridging research and production, leveraging open-source models and the latest advances in robotics and AI to improve real-world robotic performance
- This is a full time, 3-month (12-week) internship starting in March 2026
- The application deadline for this role is January 11th, 2026. Interviews will take place mid-late January 2026
- Develop and maintain software for our on-robot autonomy stack focusing on multi-robot control and coordination
- Leverage open source models and the latest research papers to improve the capabilities of our robots operating in customer sites
Our take
Cobot is a robotics manufacturer setting out to incorporate robots into our everyday, having them work alongside us in all walks of life. It is building a collaborative robot named "Cobot", but so far remains mysterious by not disclosing any details as to what exactly it will be. It has, however, explained that its robotic systems will be neither humanoid or a mobile manipulator, instead focussing on the synergy between humans and robots - hence the titular nod to collaboration.
Collaborative robots are expected to account for about 10% of total industrial robot sales by 2025, so Cobot's target could certainly be a lucrative one. Founded in 2022, the company has already caught attention for its "Flywheel Program", that delivers hands-on experience with robotics deployments for its clients' teams.
The company is initially looking to target sectors such as bio-tech, logistics, healthcare and manufacturing and it’ll be exciting to see how this grows as the company scales. It’s still early days for Cobot, and though all the talk behind the project is thrilling, we will have to wait to see if the product lives up to both ambitions and its impressive funding rounds.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2024
$100m
SERIES B
Jul 2023
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $140m
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Brad Porter
(CEO & Founder)Previously CTO of Scale AI and worked for over a decade at Amazon through several roles, ultimately as VP and Distinguished Engineer of Robotics.
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