Robotics Data Pipeline Intern

Persona AI, Inc.; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent benefits

Flexible work environment

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Persona AI, Inc. is seeking a Robotics Data Pipeline Intern in Pensacola, Florida. This role focuses on developing and enhancing pipelines for multimodal data to support humanoid robotics. As an intern, you will work with real data challenges, processing rich sensor streams and engaging in force analysis algorithms.

The position requires a background in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or Robotics, alongside solid Python skills and familiarity with tools like PyTorch and OpenCV. Join us to innovate at the intersection of AI and robotics.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in CS, Data Engineering, ML, Robotics, or related field.
• Solid Python skills with exposure to PyTorch for multimodal datasets.
• Experience with computer vision or sensor processing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild and extend pipelines for egocentric video and sensor streams.
• Own post-processing algorithms for force analysis and state inference.
• Optimize data augmentation strategies for multimodal data.

Skills

Python

Data Engineering

Robotics

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Education

Currently pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

FFmpeg

MediaPipe

Job description

Persona AI is developing and commercializing rugged, multi-purpose humanoid robots that perform real work. Persona’s founding team has a decades-long history in humanoid robotics, bionics, and product development delivering robust hardware that has touched the stars, worked miles below the surface of the ocean, and even roamed Disney Parks. Our mission is focused squarely on shipping beautiful, reliable products at massive scale, while building a customer-focused team to achieve these aims.

Robotics Data Pipeline Intern – Multimodal Data

About Us

At Persona, we’re building the next generation of humanoid robots, and that requires an unprecedented volume of high‑quality, multimodal data. We’re moving beyond basic teleoperation to leverage massive datasets of in‑the‑wild egocentric video combined with dense sensor streams (IMU, haptics, kinematics, and high‑fidelity force profiles). We’re looking for a curious, technically sharp intern to roll up their sleeves and help us turn raw, unstructured multimodal data into high‑fidelity training assets for our robots.

The Role

As a Data Pipeline Intern, you’ll work directly alongside our data and robotics engineering teams to support the infrastructure that feeds our foundation models. You’ll get hands‑on experience with real multimodal data challenges, from sensor stream processing and video pipeline optimization to force analysis and kinematic retargeting. This is not a “fetch coffee and shadow engineers” internship. You’ll own real work and ship real code.

What You’ll Work On

• Rebuilding and extending pipelines that ingest and synchronously process egocentric video alongside rich sensor streams (IMU, force‑torque, tactile, proprioception)
• Owning post‑processing algorithms for force analysis and hidden state inference, including contact force estimation, occlusion handling, and inverse kinematics gap‑filling
• Bridging kinematic retargeting work that translates human hand tracking into humanoid end‑effector coordinates
• Optimizing and testing data augmentation strategies (spatial, temporal, synthetic viewpoints, sensor noise injection)
• Tying together work across our Hardware Teleoperation Team to help align human‑robot play‑data across modalities

What We’re Looking For

• Currently pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
• Solid Python skills and exposure to PyTorch, particularly around data loading or multimodal datasets
• Coursework or project experience with computer vision, time‑series data, or sensor processing
• Familiarity with video processing tools (OpenCV, FFmpeg) or pose estimation frameworks (MediaPipe) is a plus
• Awareness of imitation learning, VLA architectures, or human‑to‑robot transfer concepts is a plus, but genuine curiosity counts for a lot here

Bonus Points

• Experience with NVIDIA’s robotics stack (Isaac, Cosmos, GR00T)
• Exposure to distributed computing (Ray, Spark) or simulation environments (Omniverse, MuJoCo)
• Any project work involving synthetic data generation or tactile/spatial data representations

Why join Persona AI?

• You’ll shape technology that’s redefining the possibilities of robotics and human interaction.
• Work alongside passionate teammates who value diversity, creativity, and continuous learning.
• Enjoy full access to advanced prototyping tools, labs, and the freedom to experiment and innovate.
• We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, flexible work environment, and equity opportunities.

Persona AI embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.