Robot Perception Engineer Intern: Real-World Vision Systems

FuturHand Robotics; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship from CV Lead

Hands-on perception project

Competitive internship compensation

Job summary

FuturHand Robotics in Pittsburgh, PA, invites a Robot Perception Engineer Intern to join our perception team and work alongside our Computer Vision Lead on real-world robotic perception tasks. You will own a focused project within the perception pipeline, spanning sensor data collection and processing, object detection, pose estimation, and scene understanding, with guidance and mentorship.

You will have the chance to tackle open-ended problems as you ramp up, contributing to a production

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing BS (senior) or MS/PhD in computer vision, robotics, computer science, or a related field.
• Solid fundamentals in computer vision, with coursework or project experience in 3D perception, object detection, or pose estimation.
• Comfortable programming in Python and/or C++.
• Familiarity with CV/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, OpenCV).
• Familiarity with data collection, data cleaning, and data labeling.

Responsibilities

• Support development of components of the perception pipeline, such as sensor integration, object detection, pose estimation, or state tracking.
• Help build and improve tooling for perception: data pipelines, evaluation scripts, debugging/visualization tools, and performance metrics.
• Run experiments to test robustness across variation in lighting, object geometry, and scene complexity.
• Collaborate with the CV Lead and broader manipulation/controls teams to understand how perception outputs are used downstream.
• Explore techniques such as sensor fusion, temporal filtering, or data-driven methods to improve system robustness.
• Document findings and contribute to the team's understanding of what works and what doesn't.

Skills

Python

C++

Computer Vision

3D Perception

PyTorch

OpenCV

ROS 2

Education

BS or MS/PhD in computer vision, robotics, CS

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

Job description

FuturHand Robotics in Pittsburgh, PA, invites a Robot Perception Engineer Intern to join our perception team and work alongside our Computer Vision Lead on real-world robotic perception tasks. You will own a focused project within the perception pipeline, spanning sensor data collection and processing, object detection, pose estimation, and scene understanding, with guidance and mentorship.

You will have the chance to tackle open-ended problems as you ramp up, contributing to a production