Autonomy Engineer Intern

LionsBot International Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

LionsBot International Pte Ltd is offering an on-site, 6‑month robotics internship in Singapore to strengthen our autonomous cleaning robots. You will build the test and evaluation pipeline that moves autonomy changes from simulation to validated runs on our physical robots and own one autonomy feature from design through to release.

You will automate a ROS 2 regression suite, design and run real-robot tests, and convert field failures from rosbags and logs into reproducible simulation cases.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in Robotics, EEE, Mechanical Eng, Computer Eng, CS, or equivalent; internship must be school-approved.
• Hands-on ROS/ROS 2 experience on physical robot hardware in C++ or Python.
• Working knowledge of localization and mapping, path planning, state estimation, or control.
• Familiar with Linux and Git; able to debug using rosbags, RViz and logs.
• Available for full-time on-site in Singapore for the full internship term (6 months preferred).

Responsibilities

• Build and automate a simulation regression suite for the ROS 2 autonomy stack that runs on every release candidate.
• Design and run real-robot regression tests, and report metrics such as mission success rate, interventions and collisions.
• Turn real-world failures from rosbags and field logs into reproducible simulation test cases.
• Own one autonomy feature improvement (perception, localisation, planning or control) from design doc through sim validation to a real-robot release.
• Debug issues across the stack on physical robots alongside autonomy and field engineers.
• Document the pipeline and the feature so the team can run and maintain them after the internship.

Skills

ROS / ROS 2 experience

C++ or Python

Localization

Path planning

State estimation

Control

Linux

Git

Rosbags debugging

RViz

Logs analysis

On-site in Singapore

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Robotics / EEE / Mechanical Eng / Computer Eng / CS

Tools

Nav2

SLAM Toolbox

Cartographer

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

CI / test automation

Job description

LionsBot builds autonomous commercial cleaning robots, and this internship is about making them more reliable in the real world. You will build the test and evaluation pipeline that takes autonomy changes from simulation to validated runs on our physical robots, and you will own one autonomy feature improvement from design through to release.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and automate a simulation regression suite for the ROS 2 autonomy stack that runs on every release candidate.
• Design and run real-robot regression tests, and report metrics such as mission success rate, interventions and collisions.
• Turn real-world failures from rosbags and field logs into reproducible simulation test cases.
• Own one autonomy feature improvement (perception, localisation, planning or control) from design doc through sim validation to a real-robot release.
• Debug issues across the stack on physical robots alongside autonomy and field engineers.
• Document the pipeline and the feature so the team can run and maintain them after the internship.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently studying for a Bachelor's or Master's in Robotics, EEE, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, CS or similar; internship must be school-approved.
• Hands-on ROS / ROS 2 experience on physical robot hardware, in C++ or Python.
• Working knowledge of at least one of: localisation and mapping, path planning, state estimation, control.
• Comfortable with Linux and Git, and with debugging using rosbags, RViz and logs.
• Available full-time and on-site in Singapore for the full internship term (6 months preferred).
• Nice to have: Nav2, SLAM Toolbox or Cartographer, Gazebo or Isaac Sim, CI / test automation, robotics competition experience.