Robotics Simulation Intern: AI, Fall 2026, San Jose

ABB; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB invites ambitious graduate students to join its Robotics division in San Jose, CA, for a 12-week internship beginning after background checks clear. You will gain hands-on experience by supporting ABB’s operations, performing simulations, and contributing to AI-driven robotics projects.

You should be enrolled in a PhD or Master’s program and have exposure to robotics, CAD tools, and simulation software.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD or master’s degree program in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or related fields, in the United States.
• Exposure to automation, robotics, with full-cell robotics simulation.
• Experience with 3D CAD software such as Solidworks or AutoCAD.
• Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, BlenderProc, or other simulation software.
• Experience with NVIDIA omniverse.
• Experience with ABB RobotStudio a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct robot simulation using RobotStudio HyperRealism.
• Develop complex AI and simulation for industrial deployment at scale.
• Strike the perfect balance between fidelity and computational complexity.
• Contribute to closing the sim-to-real gap.
• Reduce dependence on physical prototypes.
• Make simulation an indispensable part of the design, development and deployment process.
• Generate photorealistic synthetic datasets in 2D, 3D and video sequences for AI and robotics applications.

Skills

Robotics exposure

Automation exposure

AI & simulation

Education

PhD or Master’s in Electrical/ Electronics/ Mechanical/ Software Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

BlenderProc

NVIDIA Omniverse

ABB RobotStudio

Job description

ABB invites ambitious graduate students to join its Robotics division in San Jose, CA, for a 12-week internship beginning after background checks clear. You will gain hands-on experience by supporting ABB’s operations, performing simulations, and contributing to AI-driven robotics projects.

You should be enrolled in a PhD or Master’s program and have exposure to robotics, CAD tools, and simulation software.