Co-Op, Robot Perception & State Estimation
Lila Sciences2 days ago
Cambridge, MA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Fuse multi-sensor data to improve mobile-base state estimation.
- Build camera-based detection and localization for AprilTags and laboratory instruments.
- Develop robot capabilities using ROS 2 (Jazzy).
- Expand simulation-based testing and CI pipelines to validate changes before deployment on hardware.
- Evaluate perception and estimation performance using real robot data and contribute fixes to the codebase.
- Write production-quality robotics software alongside robotics, software, and AI engineers.
- Document algorithms, testing approaches, and integration patterns.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a master’s degree, preferably, or be a strong senior-year bachelor’s student in robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field with a controls or estimation focus.
- Have proficiency in Python and/or C++ with coursework or project experience writing well-tested code.
- Have familiarity with state estimation and sensor fusion, such as Kalman filtering.
- Have a strong foundation in linear algebra and probability.
- Be comfortable with Git and Linux development environments.
- Demonstrate strong communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Be available for the full spring co-op term.
Benefits
- Hands-on work with production software running on physical robots in scientific laboratory environments.
- Collaboration with robotics engineers, AI researchers, and software engineers with day-to-day support from the Production Robotics team.
- Full spring co-op term.
About Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences builds an AI-driven research platform and autonomous lab systems for life science, chemistry, and materials R&D teams. Its products combine large AI models with robotic instruments to plan, run, and analyze experiments, integrating into customer-specific scientific workflows. The privately held company serves pharma, materials, and energy organizations and is venture-backed, including a Series A financing in 2025.