Sensor Platform Intern — Robotics for Autonomous Trucks

PlusAI; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 26,174 - 89,544; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered free lunch

Unlimited snacks and beverages

401(k) plan

Job summary

PlusAI in Santa Clara is looking for an intern to help evaluate and optimize production-intended sensors for autonomous trucks. Tasks include designing sensor evaluation experiments and contributing to performance improvements in C++ and Python.

The ideal candidate will have strong coding skills, experience analyzing sensor traffic, and a keen interest in systems-level performance. Benefits include competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Strong coding skills in C++ and/or C and Python.
• Comfortable working in Linux (shell, compiling code, basic debugging).
• Strong interest in systems-level performance.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute sensor evaluation experiments.
• Characterize bandwidth, latency, jitter for different sensors.
• Contribute to sensor driver and pipeline improvements.
• Analyze and improve multi-sensor time synchronization.
• Investigate phase alignment for better perception performance.
• Support integration of sensor safety concepts.
• Build tooling and dashboards to visualize sensor performance.
• Document findings and present recommendations.

Skills

C++

C

Python

Linux

Networking fundamentals

Data structures and algorithms

Analyzing sensor traffic

Tools

tcpdump

Wireshark

Job description

PlusAI in Santa Clara is looking for an intern to help evaluate and optimize production-intended sensors for autonomous trucks. Tasks include designing sensor evaluation experiments and contributing to performance improvements in C++ and Python.

The ideal candidate will have strong coding skills, experience analyzing sensor traffic, and a keen interest in systems-level performance. Benefits include competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.