Robotics AI Engineering Intern

AIM Robots, Inc.; Herndon, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

AIM Robots, Inc. in Herndon, VA is hiring an apprenticeship to become a full-stack robotics AI engineer. You'll work across perception, simulation, robot integration, and demonstration capture, learning how data is turned into working robot actions while contributing from day one.

You should have built something physical with code, be strong in Python or C++, and be comfortable with Linux. The program emphasizes hands-on experience and collaboration across hardware, software, and AI tooling to

Qualifications

• Built something physical that runs code and can explain what broke and how you fixed it.
• Solid Python or C++, and comfortable with vendor SDKs and sparse docs.
• Comfortable in Linux and Windows and getting hardware to talk.
• Computer vision fundamentals from coursework or projects.
• Experience with AI coding tools and explaining their limitations.

Responsibilities

• Apprenticeship across perception, simulation, robot integration, and demonstration capture.
• Build and evaluate vision models on synthetic and real data and close sim-to-real gaps.
• Create simulation scenes and synthetic training data for robots.
• Bring up cameras, grippers, and robot arms; calibrate and run end-to-end pick-and-place.
• Develop the knowledge base used by AI agents and write design docs.

Skills

Physical project

Python

C++

Vendor SDKs

Linux/Windows

Computer vision

AI tooling

Education

CS/EE/ME or robotics student

Job description

AIMRO builds AIMEX, an AI platform that teaches industrial robots to perform assembly tasks by watching people do them. Our lab is where that gets real: cameras, robots, simulation, and vision models, all working together to turn human demonstrations into robot actions. We're a small team, and that's the best part: nobody is boxed into one lane, and you'll get your hands on far more of the stack than you would anywhere else.

What You'll Do

This is an apprenticeship in becoming a full-stack robotics AI engineer. Over time you'll work across the whole loop:

• Perception: train and evaluate vision models on synthetic and real data, and close the sim-to-real gap.
• Simulation: build simulation scenes that generate synthetic training data.
• Robot integration: bring up cameras, grippers, and robot arms, calibrate them, and get pick-and-place running end to end.
• Demonstration capture: run and improve the multi-camera recording rig and the tooling around it.
• AI-assisted development: use AI agents as a daily part of the workflow, and help build the knowledge base they run on.
• Documentation and hardware: write the design docs, design and 3D-print fixtures and mounts when the lab needs them.

Who We're Looking For

Someone who wants to be capable across all of the above and can show it:

• You've built something physical that runs code, such as a robot, a camera rig, or a Raspberry Pi project, and can tell us what broke and how you fixed it.
• Solid Python or C++, and comfortable working from vendor SDKs with thin documentation.
• Comfortable in Linux and Windows, and good at getting hardware to talk.
• Computer vision fundamentals from coursework or projects.
• Already uses AI coding tools, and can explain what they get wrong.

Nice to Have

Simulation or ROS 2 experience, CAD and 3D printing, Chinese proficiency (much of our vendor ecosystem is Chinese), robotics club or competition experience.

We're hiring an intern to grow, not to fill a seat. The path is intern → engineer → owning the lab's technical stack: the person who decides how we capture data, train models, and integrate robots. Want to go deep and become our expert in one of these areas? We'd love that, and we'll help you get there. Want to learn how every piece fits together and eventually run the whole stack? That's the path we're building this role around. Either way, you'll own real work from day one.

Logistics

Flexible working hours, with option to extend or convert. Compensation is based on qualifications and experiences. Hybrid work with a site in Herndon, Virginia. Students in CS, EE, ME, or robotics and recent graduates are welcome.