Revise Robotics · Dumbo, Brooklyn · In-person · Paid
We're automating laptop refurbishment end-to-end: a robot arm picks up a used laptop, opens it, turns it on, wipes it to NIST standards, diagnoses what's broken, fixes what it can, and prepares it for its next owner.
What we're actually looking for
Someone who has done something genuinely unusual and is good at it.
Some examples of what "unusual" might look like — not a checklist, just calibration:
You've built a robot that does something weird and it actually works.
You've reverse-engineered firmware, written custom HID devices, or have opinions about USB-C alt modes.
You've trained a vision model on a dataset you collected yourself because nothing existed.
You've shipped a hardware project where the mechanical, electrical, and software all had to work together and you did all three.
You have deep knowledge of something adjacent we'd never think to ask about — dry ice cleaning, capacitive sensing, industrial machine vision, BIOS internals, low-FPS visual servoing, battery safety.
You've done something on your own time that a reasonable person would describe as "weird" or "obsessive."
If none of those describe you but you think you'd be particularly well-suited to work on our problem, please tell us why. We'd rather hire someone with one deep, weird strength than someone well-rounded.
What you'll do here
Work on whatever part of the pipeline your background makes you particularly formidable at. Recent intern-scale problems have included: vision under adversarial lighting, end-effector design for laptop manipulation, autonomous BIOS navigation, and reward shaping for cable insertion. We'll match the project to you, not the other way around.
Logistics and compensation
In-person at our Dumbo office. 10–12 weeks, flexible start. You'll work directly with Antonio (CTO) and Rupesh (CEO), alongside the core team.
Skills Required
- Experience building or shipping robotics projects (mechanical, electrical, and software integration)
- Experience reverse-engineering firmware or working with low-level device firmware
- Experience developing or training computer vision models, ideally on self-collected datasets
- Experience with HID devices, USB-C behaviors, or related embedded interfaces
- Domain knowledge in adjacent specialties (industrial machine vision, capacitive sensing, BIOS internals, battery safety, or similar)
- Ability to work in-person at Dumbo, Brooklyn office for a 10–12 week internship
- Flexible start date within Summer/Fall 2026 window and ability to collaborate closely with CTO/CEO and core team
What We Do
Revise Robotics develops AI-powered robotic systems to automate the refurbishment and resale of used consumer electronics, initially focusing on laptops. Its robots inspect, wipe, test, and prepare devices for second lives, enabling facilities to process hundreds of laptops daily. The company’s mission is to reduce electronic waste, accelerate circularity, and improve equitable access to technology through automated refurbishment at scale.
