Robotics Research Intern in Robot Learning | Summer 2026

Field AI develops artificial intelligence systems that help robots interpret and interact with their surroundings. The team emphasizes reliable, risk-aware solutions for complex robotics problems. Their technology goes beyond standard data-driven and transformer-based methods, with real-world deployments that improve through continued use. The Summer 2026 Ro…

field-ai is hiring a Robotics Research Intern for Summer 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA. This internship centers on robot learning and hands-on research. Role overview Interns will join ongoing research projects in robotics. Collaboration with experienced professionals is a key part of the role, providing exposure to current advancements in the field. What you will do Contribute to research in robot learning Work alongside robotics experts on active projects Support progress in robotics through practical research tasks Location This position is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

About Gecko RoboticsAt Gecko Robotics, we are dedicated to enhancing the integrity and resilience of vital infrastructure for the world’s leading organizations. Our groundbreaking solutions integrate advanced wall-climbing robots, cutting-edge sensors, and an AI-driven data platform, offering clients unparalleled insights into the current and future state of their physical assets. This empowers real-time decision-making to boost operational efficiency and safety, enhance mission readiness, and safeguard the environment and society from the consequences of infrastructure failures.Your RoleAs a Robotics Technician, you will play a pivotal role in our Robotic Operations team, supporting our global initiatives by maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting our robotic systems for peak performance. You will collaborate across teams in Engineering and Operations as we strive to improve our internal processes and robotic capabilities. Your ability to adapt to evolving job requirements and effectively communicate equipment status will be key to your success.Your ResponsibilitiesUphold company values and adhere to safety and equipment protocols.Execute cleaning, maintenance, and testing procedures on Gecko robotic systems to ensure optimal field performance.Oversee robot logistics, including packing, staging, and shipping to customer sites.Document all maintenance activities to maintain a comprehensive history of robot health.Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot robotic systems and refine internal processes for operational optimization.Support inventory management and shipping/receiving tasks as needed.Ensure a clean, organized, and safe work environment.Technologies You Will UseSalesforceVisual FactoryMiroGoogle WorkspaceAtlassian Suite (Confluence & Jira)Slack

About UsAt Gecko Robotics, we are dedicated to empowering the world’s vital organizations by enhancing the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructures. Our innovative and integrated solutions utilize advanced wall-climbing robots, cutting-edge sensors, and an AI-driven data platform, offering our clients unprecedented insights into the present and future conditions of their physical assets. This approach facilitates real-time decision-making, bolsters operational efficiency and safety, and safeguards our environment and communities against the risks of infrastructure failure.Your RoleAs a Senior Robotics Software Engineer focusing on manipulation, you will contribute to the development of high-performance robotic manipulation systems that incorporate intelligent inspection capabilities within active manufacturing environments. Your primary responsibilities will include designing and implementing ROS2-based control, perception, and motion planning systems for 6-axis articulated manipulators in real-world industrial applications. These systems will leverage a variety of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods to optimize inspection throughput, enhance product quality, and support informed decision-making in downstream manufacturing processes.Due to the nature of our impactful government projects, candidates must be eligible for U.S. security clearance.Key ResponsibilitiesArchitect and refine Gecko’s ROS2-based control frameworks and planning systems for articulated manipulators.Develop perception-driven motion planning using visual and diverse sensor data.Design and implement closed-loop inspect → analyze → rework workflows.Optimize robotic inspection throughput in active manufacturing lines.Lead system-level integration of robot control stacks, industrial hardware, and Gecko’s inspection software.Assist in system deployment and validation in production environments.Technologies We UtilizeOur robotic solutions are built on a ROS2 framework and integrate motion planning technologies from MoveIt for versatile control of 6-axis articulated manipulators.Core Technologies: ROS2, Python, C++Planning & Simulation Tools: MoveIt, RoboDK, Roboguide, RobotStudioHardware Platforms: Fanuc CRX, ABB Industrial ManipulatorsUtilization of both commercial sensors and custom-designed sensing payloads for NDT

Role overview Gecko Robotics is seeking a Technical Recruiter based in Pittsburgh. This position centers on identifying and attracting talented professionals for technology roles. The recruiter partners with hiring managers to understand team goals and craft recruitment strategies that align with the company's growth plans. What you will do Source and engage candidates for technical positions Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements Develop recruitment plans that meet evolving team needs Location This role is located in Pittsburgh.

Role overview Gecko Robotics seeks a Recruiting Coordinator to join the team in Pittsburgh. This position plays a key part in the hiring process, working with both candidates and hiring managers to ensure each step moves forward efficiently. Strong organization and attention to detail are important, as the Recruiting Coordinator helps maintain a smooth and positive experience for everyone involved. What you will do Schedule interviews and coordinate recruitment activities from start to finish Communicate regularly with candidates and hiring teams to keep the process moving Support efforts to attract and engage skilled professionals in robotics

Join Gecko Robotics as a Motion Brand Design Intern and immerse yourself in a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing the robotics industry. As an intern, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to innovative design projects, creating engaging motion graphics that bring our brand to life. You will collaborate closely with experienced designers and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, creative environment.

About UsAre you ready to revolutionize the future of supply chain logistics? At Gather AI, we are not merely developing software; we are at the forefront of a transformative wave in warehouse intelligence. Our innovative, vision-based platform leverages autonomous drones and existing equipment to capture real-time data, effectively digitizing workflows that have traditionally been manual and prone to errors. This advancement allows facilities to operate more intelligently, safely, and efficiently, ultimately redefining what "on-time, in full" delivery means.If you're seeking an opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking technology that makes a significant impact in a vital industry, Gather AI is the perfect place for you. We are leading the charge in the rapidly evolving robotics sector, and we invite you to join us in reshaping the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time.About the TeamThe Autonomy team at Gather AI operates at the cutting edge of real-world robotics — designing and deploying systems that can navigate, perceive, and take action within complex, uncontrolled warehouse environments. Our team encompasses drone autonomy, perception, and MHE Vision, working across multiple active product lines with live deployments at customer locations. As part of a matrixed project team, you will collaborate closely with engineers specializing in both hardware and software, where your contributions are immediately visible and your efforts tackle the most pressing challenges.About the RoleWe are on the lookout for a Robotics Engineer to join one of our core product teams — either focusing on our MHE Vision (MHEV) or Drone platform. Your work will help power the warehouse intelligence products we offer. Both platforms are currently in active implementation and are progressing toward ongoing production, with continuous enhancements and new features in the pipeline.This is a hands-on role suited for someone passionate about engaging with the entire robotics stack. You will be responsible for writing software, developing tools, analyzing data, and visiting customer sites to troubleshoot and enhance real-world systems. Over time, you may also expand into adjacent product lines, including MHEV-Freezer, Drone-Freezer, or Wearables.What You’ll DoQuickly familiarize yourself with our drone or MHEV platform, gaining a deep understanding of the complete system — both hardware and software.Develop production-quality software for tooling, observability, and data analysis to support system performance and reliability.

Agility Robotics is at the forefront of robotics innovation. Our flagship robot, Digit, is the first of its kind to be deployed in workplaces worldwide. Our dedicated team excels in envisioning, engineering, and delivering robots that possess advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency—designed specifically to operate alongside humans in environments tailored for them. We tackle engineering challenges daily, inventing novel solutions that will ultimately make robots a common and approachable presence in everyday life. This mission fuels our passion and commitment: enhancing business productivity and enriching people's lives.About The Role:As a Senior Deployment Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in executing Agility's deployment strategy while handling on-site robot operations, general repairs, troubleshooting, and support. Your responsibilities will encompass all technical services across both Agility and client locations, ensuring success in Deployment, Break-Fix Support, Help Desk services, and other critical areas to drive business objectives and promote year-on-year growth. You will be instrumental in defining, implementing, and monitoring the processes and procedures essential for seamless service delivery and fleet management.We seek an individual who thrives under pressure and excels in dynamic, high-stakes situations where plans may need to adapt on-site. You will maintain composure, adaptability, and a solution-focused mindset in the face of unexpected changes. This role requires confidence in engaging with executive leadership, media representatives, clients, and other high-profile stakeholders, while consistently exhibiting professionalism and poise. Opportunities for advancement in our rapidly growing company are abundant.About The Work:Oversee daily robot operations and service delivery, including troubleshooting and repair.Lead all robotic activities during media events and customer demonstrations.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct root cause analyses.

About Gecko RoboticsAt Gecko Robotics, we empower leading organizations to safeguard the integrity, reliability, and sustainability of vital infrastructure. Our innovative solutions, featuring advanced wall-climbing robots, state-of-the-art sensors, and an AI-driven data platform, offer clients unparalleled insights into the current and future condition of their physical assets. This integration fosters rapid decision-making, enhances operational efficiency and safety, and ensures mission readiness while protecting our environment and civilization from potential infrastructure failures.Position OverviewWe are seeking a skilled Test & Reliability Engineer to focus on the development and scaling of automated testing systems for our robotics platform. This pivotal role is dedicated to ensuring software quality through comprehensive regression testing, automation frameworks, and efficient debugging across software and hardware interfaces.In this hands-on position, you will collaborate with software developers, robotics engineers, and product teams to enhance test coverage, reliability, and confidence in releases. This opportunity is perfect for an engineer who is passionate about building testing infrastructure, troubleshooting complex issues, and working on systems functioning in real-world environments.You will engage directly with cutting-edge robotic systems and innovative inspection technologies deployed in critical infrastructure, witnessing the tangible impact of your efforts in the field.This role may require up to 25% travel to customer sites and operational locations (e.g., San Diego, Seattle, and other field locations).Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop, maintain, and scale automated regression testing frameworks for essential system functionalities.Establish test strategies and coverage for new features, balancing speed, reliability, and risk to facilitate high-confidence deployments.Design and execute tests across UI, robotic interactions, and sensor-driven workflows to validate the real-world behavior of systems.Investigate and troubleshoot issues across software, firmware, and hardware, ensuring timely root cause analysis and resolution.Utilize logs, metrics, and system data to diagnose issues in both testing and field environments.Analyze test results, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to enhance product quality and reliability.Collaborate with software, robotics, and product teams to boost test coverage, system performance, and reliability.

About Us Join us in revolutionizing the supply chain! At Gather AI, we're not merely developing software; we're at the forefront of a new era of warehouse intelligence. Our innovative vision-powered platform harnesses autonomous drones and existing equipment to collect real-time data, fully digitizing workflows that have traditionally been manual and prone to errors. This advancement allows facilities to operate more intelligently, safely, and efficiently, ultimately transforming the concept of 'on-time, in full' delivery. If you're eager to contribute to groundbreaking technology and make a substantial impact on an essential industry, then Gather AI is your destination. We are leading the transformation in the swiftly advancing robotics sector and invite you to help us reshape the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time. About You As a Principal Systems Engineer at Gather AI, you will assume a pivotal role as a technical leader, steering the development and integration of state-of-the-art autonomous and passive sensing systems while bridging the divide between product vision, intricate system requirements, hardware implementation, and real-world performance.

About Us Are you ready to revolutionize the future of supply chain management? At Gather AI, we are not just developing software; we are at the forefront of a new age in warehouse intelligence. Our innovative, vision-powered platform employs autonomous drones and existing equipment to gather real-time data, fully digitizing processes that have traditionally been manual and prone to errors. This advancement leads to smarter, safer, and more efficient operations, ultimately transforming the concept of 'on-time, in full' delivery. If you're eager to make a significant impact in a critical industry and contribute to truly transformative technology, Gather AI is the ideal place for you. We are spearheading change in the fast-evolving robotics sector, and we invite you to help us reshape the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time. About the Team In this role, you will lead the Machine Learning and FPT teams, collaborating closely with the Director of Cloud Engineering and the Director of Autonomy. You will engage cross-departmentally with Product and Business leadership to translate machine learning capabilities into tangible product value. This high-visibility position offers direct access to executive leadership and considerable influence over product direction. About the Role We are seeking an experienced Director of Machine Learning to formulate our machine learning strategy, lead our computer vision division, and propel the next phase of ML maturity at Gather AI. You will evaluate our current machine learning and computer vision capabilities, identify gaps and opportunities, and establish a robust technical vision for how machine learning will enhance our warehouse intelligence platform over the next 12–18 months. The ideal candidate will possess extensive expertise in computer vision, a proven track record of delivering production ML systems, and the leadership skills necessary to build and scale an exceptional ML team. What You’ll Do Define and manage the ML strategy and technical roadmap for Gather AI, ensuring alignment with product and business objectives. Lead and expand the Machine Learning and FPT teams, fostering a culture of rigor, experimentation, and high-quality production delivery. Enhance core computer vision models (object detection, segmentation, OCR) utilized across our drone and MHE Vision products. Develop MLOps infrastructure, including model training pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD for ML workloads. Collaborate with the Director of Cloud Engineering and Director of Autonomy to guarantee seamless integration of ML systems within the broader platform. Partner with Product and Operations teams to translate customer needs into ML-driven product solutions.

Join Duolingo as the Principal Learning Scientist and lead our Efficacy Research initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in learning sciences and data analysis to evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of our educational products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design studies that measure learning outcomes and provide actionable insights to drive improvements.

Agility Robotics stands at the forefront of robotics innovation. Our flagship robot, Digit, is the first of its kind to be implemented in workplaces worldwide. Our team is distinguished by its expertise in designing, engineering, and delivering robots that possess advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency—specifically tailored to collaborate with humans in environments made for people. Every day, we tackle engineering challenges and develop groundbreaking solutions that will ultimately make robots an integral part of daily life. This mission fuels our passion: enhancing business productivity and enriching the lives of individuals.About the PositionWe are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to become an integral part of our Skills team, focusing on the integration of perception models into practical robotic applications. In this role, you will spearhead perception integration initiatives aimed at constructing robust, structured representations of the world that can be effectively utilized within robotic workflows. You will take charge of the performance of the perception stack on the robot, engaging with actual hardware and validating your solutions in production scenarios. Collaboration with AIML teams will be essential as you integrate both proprietary and third-party methods to fulfill customer and task-specific requirements. This opportunity is perfect for someone who enjoys hands-on work with real systems, excels at solving end-to-end integration challenges, and is dedicated to ensuring reliable perception performance in production environments.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop robust perception algorithms and applications that utilize existing models to enhance reliability and simplify estimation in robotic tasks (e.g., stacks, pallets, conveyors, flow racks).Define and maintain reusable APIs to facilitate interactions between the task planner and skills layer with a library of perception capabilities.Integrate perception functionalities with other robotic skills, including manipulation behaviors, using state machines, behavior trees, and task planners.Manage datasets and conduct experiments to validate perception skills under various task conditions and scenarios.

Duolingo seeks a Staff AI Research Engineer based in Pittsburgh, PA. This role centers on pushing language learning forward using current AI techniques. What you will do Collaborate with researchers and engineers to design and refine machine learning models for the Duolingo platform. Build, test, and deploy advanced AI solutions aimed at improving how users learn languages. Role focus The position emphasizes hands-on work with modern AI methods to enhance the effectiveness and reach of Duolingo’s language learning tools.

Bosch Group seeks an AI Research Scientist specializing in Generative AI to join its research team in Pittsburgh. The position involves exploring and advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. Role focus This role centers on the development of new approaches in generative AI, with an eye toward innovations that could influence multiple industries. Work will involve research, experimentation, and collaboration with other experts in the field. Location The position is based in Pittsburgh, where Bosch Group's research team works on a variety of AI initiatives.

Join Duolingo, a leading language-learning platform, as a Staff Product Researcher. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our product offerings through innovative research practices. Your insights will directly influence product development and user experience, ensuring that our solutions meet the needs of our diverse user base.

Join Agility Robotics as a Senior Accountant III, where you will play a vital role in managing financial operations, ensuring compliance, and supporting our growth trajectory. You will be responsible for preparing financial statements, conducting audits, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive financial strategy.

Join Duolingo, the world's leading language-learning platform, as we innovate and expand our offerings beyond just language education. With the introduction of new subjects such as Math and Music, alongside our acclaimed Duolingo English Test, we are redefining the learning journey.Our mission is to enhance the educational experience of our users through data-driven decision-making and inventive problem-solving. We provide impactful roles, endless opportunities for personal growth, and the chance to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Be a part of a movement that enriches the lives of over half a billion learners!As a Senior Product Manager within our Learning Pillar, you will spearhead the development of engaging and effective learning products, catering to language learners at all levels. You will play a crucial role in the evolution of our learning tools, which include innovative features like Stories, DuoRadio, Adventures, and Video Call. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will create joyful learning experiences, influence our learning strategy, and ultimately impact millions of learners worldwide.

Motional is on the lookout for a highly skilled Principal Engineer to join our Planning team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for designing motion planning and control systems that ensure safe, efficient, and comfortable operations for our fleet in intricate environments. Your expertise in cutting-edge research, advanced algorithm development, and robust software engineering will be crucial in crafting safe and intuitive routes for autonomous vehicles. If you are passionate about autonomous driving and eager to tackle real-world challenges while making a meaningful impact in a dynamic field, we would love to hear from you.Key Responsibilities:Lead the R&D of innovative algorithms and subsystems for motion planning in autonomous driving, enhancing our Operational Design Domain through advanced search-based and geometry-based methods, with a focus on probabilistic decision-making.Coordinate cross-functional projects to create or improve existing interfaces aimed at solving complex challenges.Evaluate overall system performance, identifying areas for enhancement and devising technical strategies to rectify deficiencies.Guide multidisciplinary project teams to deliver holistic solutions while considering the broader context of the planning system.Architect and integrate complex motion planning and prediction algorithms, driving their evaluation and optimization for real-world applications.Develop a robust, scalable codebase that supports rapid experimentation, prototyping, and rigorous assessment of new motion planning methodologies.Facilitate technical collaboration across perception, prediction, trajectory optimization, tracking, and control components to ensure comprehensive system performance.Utilize your extensive software development and research expertise to mentor colleagues on best practices, fostering a culture of technical excellence.Provide guidance and mentorship to both junior and senior team members, promoting an environment centered on product-focused engineering, thorough research, and advanced development.