Internship 2027 Sensor Systems Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid
Internship
Robotics
The Role
Sensor Systems Engineering Intern responsible for selecting and placing sensors on autonomous heavy construction equipment. Analyzes sensor coverage, occlusion, blind spots, field of view, range, and mounting constraints; develops geometry and coverage tools; conducts performance, cost, durability, and integration trade studies; prototypes mounting concepts; validates configurations on real machines; and translates findings into hardware requirements while collaborating with perception, hardware, and safety teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join the team bringing advanced autonomy to the built world

At Bedrock, we're moving AI out of the lab and into the real world. Our team includes veterans who helped launch Waymo, scaled Segment to a $3.2B acquisition, and grew Uber Freight to $5B in revenue. Today, we're deploying autonomous systems on heavy construction equipment across the country, improving safety on job sites and accelerating schedules on critical infrastructure projects.
We're not here debating the future of AI. We're deploying it in the real world. In just two years, we've raised $350M and achieved the first fully autonomous excavator deployments in construction.
This is where algorithms meet steel-toed boots. You'll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations can't touch. If you're ready to do meaningful work on hard problems, we'd love to have you join us.

About the Role & Team

Every new machine type we bring into the fleet raises the same question from scratch: which sensors, where do they go and what are they used for? The Systems / Sensors team answers it with analysis rather than guesswork, trading off coverage, cost, durability, and what will actually survive on a jobsite. As our Sensor Systems intern, you'll own sensor selection and placement analysis for a new machine platform, from first trade study to validation on real steel.

What You'll Do
  • Work at the intersection between sensor physics, autonomy systems architecture, mechanical integration and design.

  • Analyze sensor coverage, occlusion, and blind spots for candidate sensor suites on new machine types

  • Build or extend tooling that models field of view, range, and coverage geometry

  • Run trade studies weighing performance against cost, durability, and mounting constraints

  • Prototype mounting concepts and validate coverage assumptions on actual machines

  • Turn your analysis into sensor requirements and specs the hardware team can build to

  • Work across perception, hardware, and safety to make sure the suite serves everyone downstream

What We're Looking ForRequired
  • Currently pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in an engineering or engineering-adjacent discipline such as mechanical, electrical, physics, mechatronics, robotics, or computer science (or bringing equivalent hands-on experience)

  • Solid grasp of 3D geometry, coordinate frames, and transforms

  • Python for analysis and tooling

  • CAD fluency - enough to reason about where hardware physically goes

  • Willingness to go to mock construction sites and test sensor configurations

Preferred
  • Experience with device physics, ray tracing, rendering or coverage simulation

  • Familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensor suites

  • Exposure to heavy equipment or off-road machinery

Bedrock Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

We want our hiring process to be accessible to everyone. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know so we can support you.

Skills Required

  • Currently pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in engineering or an engineering-adjacent discipline such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, mechatronics, robotics, or computer science, or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Solid understanding of 3D geometry, coordinate frames, and transforms
  • Python experience for analysis and tooling
  • CAD fluency sufficient to reason about physical hardware placement
  • Willingness to visit mock construction sites and test sensor configurations
  • Experience with device physics, ray tracing, rendering, or coverage simulation
  • Familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensor suites
  • Exposure to heavy equipment or off-road machinery
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
56 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Bedrock Robotics brings advanced autonomy to the built world, helping the construction industry build at the pace today's society demands. Our technology upgrades existing heavy equipment, enabling truly autonomous operation with expert level quality and superhuman safety. At a time when we need to build faster than ever—from housing to data centers to factories and energy infrastructure—autonomous construction isn't just an innovation, it's an economic necessity.

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