Responsibilites

• Maintaining and extending the Tally software stack -- you will work on at least one major project during the internship period that will be presented to the entire organization at the end of the program
• Improving Tally’s autonomy, navigation, perception, and human-robot interaction (HRI) behaviors.
• Testing and integrating new hardware components including new sensors that will go into the next generation of Tally.
• Evaluating third-party ROS packages for integration into our stack

Required Qualifications

• Currently in university for BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field - candidates closer to graduation are given preference
• Adept in C++ or Python programming -- the most important thing we care about is if you can code.
• Candidates with an existing code portfolios, personal coding projects outside of school, past internship experience, and/or outstanding academic performance  tend to be given preference.
• Basic understanding of the Robot Operating System (ROS) and core concepts such as nodes, messages, topics, services, parameters, build system, etc.
• Understanding of shell scripting (e.g. bash) is recommended but not required
• Rudimentary understanding of Git or other source control system
• Rudimentary experience working with Ubuntu or other Linux distributions

Relocation and Time Frame

• The internship requires relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area for the duration of the position and being present at our HQ in-person daily Monday through Friday.
• Start date and end date are flexible as long as candidates are able to commit to a minimum of 3 contiguous months. However, we prefer the standard Fall (September-December), Spring (January-May), and Summer (June-August) periods to align with university semesters so that all interns start roughly at the same time as a "class".