LionsBot builds autonomous commercial cleaning robots, and this internship is about making them more reliable in the real world. You will build the test and evaluation pipeline that takes autonomy changes from simulation to validated runs on our physical robots, and you will own one autonomy feature improvement from design through to release.
Key Responsibilities:
o Build and automate a simulation regression suite for the ROS 2 autonomy stack that runs on every release candidate.
o Design and run real-robot regression tests, and report metrics such as mission success rate, interventions and collisions.
o Turn real-world failures from rosbags and field logs into reproducible simulation test cases.
o Own one autonomy feature improvement (perception, localisation, planning or control) from design doc through sim validation to a real-robot release.
o Debug issues across the stack on physical robots alongside autonomy and field engineers.
o Document the pipeline and the feature so the team can run and maintain them after the internship.
Required Qualifications:
o Currently studying for a Bachelor's or Master's in Robotics, EEE, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, CS or similar; internship must be school-approved.
o Hands-on ROS / ROS 2 experience on physical robot hardware, in C++ or Python.
o Working knowledge of at least one of: localisation and mapping, path planning, state estimation, control.
o Comfortable with Linux and Git, and with debugging using rosbags, RViz and logs.
o Available full-time and on-site in Singapore for the full internship term (6 months preferred).
o Nice to have: Nav2, SLAM Toolbox or Cartographer, Gazebo or Isaac Sim, CI / test automation, robotics competition experience.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar field
- Internship must be school-approved
- Hands-on ROS or ROS 2 experience with physical robot hardware
- Programming experience in C++ or Python
- Working knowledge of localisation and mapping, path planning, state estimation, or control
- Comfortable working with Linux and Git
- Experience debugging with rosbags, RViz, and logs
- Available full-time and on-site in Singapore for the full internship term
- Six-month availability preferred
- Experience with Nav2, SLAM Toolbox or Cartographer, Gazebo or Isaac Sim, CI/test automation, or robotics competitions
What We Do
Founded in 2018, LionsBot is a Singapore-headquartered smart robotics company providing deep technology solutions to the commercial cleaning industry. LionsBot has created a range of autonomous floor-cleaning machines designed and built in Singapore and equipped with LionsOS, its proprietary cloud operating system. The company’s first robot, the LeoBot, was awarded the prestigious Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Award in 2020 – the first Asian company to win this coveted prize. LionsOS was awarded the European Cleaning & Hygiene Award for technological innovation of the year in 2022 and the prestigious IF design award in 2023. The R3 Vac was awarded the Red Dot award – one of the world’s largest design competitions. Today, LionsBot has over 1,700 cleaning robots in 30 countries and counting across Europe, the US and Asia, with subsidiaries in India, the US and Netherlands.
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