Mechanical Engineer Internship, Robotics Hardware

What You Have

• Education: Current student pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• CAD Expertise: Proficient with SolidWorks or equivalent mechanical CAD platforms.
• Thermal & Structural Analysis: Familiarity with FEA and thermal modeling tools.
• Field-Ready Design: Experience designing hardware that survives vibration, shock, thermal cycling, and environmental exposure.
• Manufacturing Knowledge: Experience designing for CNC, sheet metal, additive manufacturing, and assembly workflows.
• Mechanical Systems Integration: Experience working across teams to integrate mechanical systems with compute, sensors, and power electronics.
• Lab Skills: Comfort with mechanical debugging, thermal test setups, vibration tables, and ingress testing.
• Cross Functional Robotic Skills: Ability to contribute electrical, sensing, and embedded computing work to deliver robust integrated systems.
• What Will Set You Apart
• Scaling: Experience taking systems from prototype to large scale production.
• Field Environments: Experience developing systems for harsh field environments.
• Deployed Robotics: Experience working on robotics deployed in real world settings such as autonomous vehicles, drones, or ruggedized robots.
• Systems Level Robotics: Fluency across mechanical, electrical, and software systems.
• Reliability Engineering: Experience designing to meet IP ratings, MIL-STD, or equivalent ruggedness standards.