3 months ago
Delft, NetherlandsIntern
Responsibilities
- Build the robot control layer for the robotic arm and linear rail, including safe motion planning around the calibration cell.
- Generate robot poses that provide useful coverage for a multi-camera calibration rig.
- Synchronize the robot, cameras, and captured data.
- Validate data quality during capture and retry failed or unusable captures.
- Integrate with the existing calibration pipeline to determine subsequent captures and run completion.
- Package captures with reproducible metadata and make the system robust to mid-run failures.
- Build a simple operator workflow for mounting the rig, selecting a profile, and starting a run.
- Collaborate with the mechanical-design intern on fixture requirements, measurements, and motion limits.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in a relevant study program such as Robotics, Computer Science, Computational Science and Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- Have strong programming skills, with Python required and C++ beneficial.
- Be comfortable working in Linux and with 3D geometry, rigid transforms, rotations, and coordinate frames.
- Have a strong interest in robotics, automation, computer vision, or perception, particularly robot programming and motion.
- Understand the factors that make camera-calibration datasets useful or unusable.
- Have experience with real sensors and robots, or demonstrate relevant hands-on technical projects.
- Write maintainable code and take responsibility for software controlling physical hardware.
- Be organized, proactive, independent, curious, resourceful, and proficient in English.
- Preferred qualifications include ROS 2, MoveIt 2, tf2, industrial robot SDKs, camera calibration, multi-camera rigs, machine-vision synchronization, simulation environments, Docker, and test development.
Benefits
- Six-month, full-time internship with availability five days per week and a preferred ASAP start.
- Based at the Aerospace Innovation Hub in Delft, the Netherlands.
- Flexible working hours and the option to work from home two days per week where practical.
- Ten vacation days during the internship period.
- Hands-on ownership, close interaction with hardware and products, fast iteration, and significant influence on innovative aerospace and defence products.
About Fiducial
Fiducial provides professional services and software to small businesses and entrepreneurs, including bookkeeping, payroll, tax compliance, audit, and legal and financial advisory. Founded in 1970 and privately held, it is headquartered in La Défense, France, and operates in Europe and the United States. The company also offers cloud tools and back‑office solutions such as office supplies and security services.