Internship 2027 Hardware Engineer

At Bedrock were moving AI out of the lab and into the real world. Our team includes veterans who helped launch Waymo scaled Segment to a $3.2B acquisition and grew Uber Freight to $5B in revenue. Today were deploying autonomous systems on heavy construction equipment across the country improving safety on job sites and accelerating schedules on critical infrastructure projects.

Were not here debating the future of AI. Were deploying it in the real just two years weve raised $350M and achieved the first fully autonomous excavator deployments in construction.

This is where algorithms meet steel-toed boots. Youll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations cant touch. If youre ready to do meaningful work on hard problems wed love to have you join us.

Bedrock is bringing autonomy to the construction industry! Were a group of veterans from the autonomous vehicle industry who are passionate about bringing the benefits of automation to areas in the construction industry currently underserved by the market. Were growing our sizable fleet of retrofitted autonomous construction machines and were looking for a motivated hardware engineering intern to support system testing and integration. You will work alongside senior engineers who design these systems and you will help deliver robust and capable autonomous HW systems to the field.

• Support the design characterization integration and validation of Bedrock autonomy hardware and related systems under the guidance of senior engineers.

• Assist with component evaluations for our autonomous HW platforms

• Write sensor data analysis and test automation scripts (Python and/or C/C/Rust)

• Run tests collect data and document results clearly for the engineering team

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechatronics or a related field at the University of Waterloo

• Solid foundational knowledge in HW engineering subjects such as mechanical electrical and embedded SW

• Coursework or project experience with some or all of the following:

  • Embedded compute platforms including single-board computers or edge compute modules

  • Common autonomous sensing technologies such as lidar camera radar GNSS or IMUs

  • Packaging and integration of HW systems including basic mechanical or thermal considerations

  • Basic signaling and communication protocols such as CAN UART SPI or Ethernet

• Proficiency in one or more of Python C/C or Rust with the ability to write scripts for tests data collection or analysis

• Strong fundamentals in circuits signals and basic mechanical design

• Comfortable working in a lab environment with tools such as a multimeter oscilloscope function generator soldering iron or hammer when necessary :)

• Prior co-op terms personal projects or club experience (e.g. UW Robotics Formula Electric WATonomous) in hardware or embedded systems

• Expertise with camera lidar radar IMU or GNSS

• Embedded compute platforms in particular the Nvidia Jetson lineup

• Communication protocols (CAN UART SPI RS232/422/485 Ethernet etc.)

• Curiosity about autonomy and prior work in this area

• Basic PCB design or schematic capture tools (KiCad Eagle Altium Cadence etc.)

• Experience with version control (git) and collaborative engineering workflows

• Familiarity with construction off-road or heavy equipment

• A portfolio of personal or academic hardware projects (robotics embedded systems etc.)

Bedrock Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry age disability veteran status genetic information or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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Required Experience:

Intern