Robotics Hardware Intern

NVIDIA is hiring a Robotics Hardware Intern to work in the robotics platform team.

What you’ll be doing:

Everything robots! Robotics is the definition of a multidisciplinary field, especially when it comes to the hardware. We are looking for a dedicated engineer of all trades who takes pride in quality work. Both an artist’s creative spirit and a scientist’s commitment to documentation and critical thinking are necessary.

• Engage in a wide variety of tasks to support robotics research and development work at NVIDIA.

• Support ongoing projects by tackling mechanical and/or electrical design tasks, going from concept design through prototyping and fabrication.

• Contribute with hands-on troubleshooting, repair, circuit & cable fabrication to full robot design & build projects.

What we need to see:

• Student in a mechanical, electrical or mechatronics engineering undergraduate or graduate program

• Proven fundamentals in math, statics & dynamics, and DC circuit analysis.

• Electromechanical design project & prototyping experience: Hand tools, 3D printing, soldering, breadboarding, cable fabrication, etc.

• Knowledge and experience using common robotics sensor and actuators

• Basic programming experience (C/C++, Python)

• Analog & digital circuit design & analysis knowledge

• Willingness and ability to take on multidisciplinary tasks, with an eagerness to learn new things with each project

• Exposure to at least one software in both MCAD (Solidworks, NX, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion, Onshape, etc.) and ECAD (Eagle, Altium, KiCAD, LTspice, etc) domains.

• Experience with hobbyist MCUs and/or SBCs (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, NVIDIA Jetson Nano, etc.)

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Have deployed NVIDIA Jetson platforms in projects (Nano, TX1, TX2, Xavier AGX)
• Extensive ECAD experience in multi-layer PCB circuit design, layout, and SPICE simulation. Have had PCB designs optimally fabricated & deployed.
• Extensive MCAD experience which demonstrates knowledge of DFM/DFA principles. Experience crafting with sheet metal, thermoplastics and/or injection molded parts. GD&T knowledge. Have successfully sent out parts for fabrication from engineering drawings.
• Machine design and/or controls engineering knowledge & experience (gears, pulleys, motor control, PIDs & Nyquist plots)
• Extensive or specialized skills in machining and/or rapid prototyping techniques
• Experience working with a variety of communication protocols (RS-232/485, i2c, SPI, CAN, etc.)
• Experience with microcontroller and/or FPGA programming

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