2026 Summer Intern – MS/PhD – Infrastructure at Motional in Boston, MA

Summary: Motional is a driverless technology company focused on making autonomous vehicles a safe and reliable reality. The Infrastructure Intern will assist in building and optimizing data pipelines and platforms that support model development and deployment for various teams, with a focus on high-reliability data systems and automation. Responsibilities: - Support development of scalable data ingestion, processing, and validation pipelines - Build tools for dataset management, versioning, and quality measurement - Work with large multimodal datasets (images, video, telemetry, logs) - Implement automation to improve data labeling workflows, annotation QA, and metadata tracking - Collaborate with Perception, Behaviors, and Actions teams to understand data requirements and optimize tiered dataflows - Contribute to the observability of data pipelines, including metrics, dashboards, and alerting - Support development of Cloud Operations Platform to manage autonomous vehicle fleet - Support development of Development Portal to improve SDLC workflows and systems - Document systems, processes, and best practices Required Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field - Strong programming skills in Python, C++, Golang or other modern programming languages - Coursework or project experience in data engineering, distributed systems, automation, or backend infrastructure - Coursework or project experience serverless architectures, building systems using SQL and NoSQL databases - Familiarity with SQL and data structures Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with big-data technologies - Knowledge of workflow orchestration tools - Exposure to ML data pipelines, dataset lifecycle management, or ETL systems - Experience with source management tools (ex. git, svn, ClearCase) - Familiarity with tools for logging, monitoring, or observability - Experience with cloud or containerized environments or willingness to learn Required Skills: Python, C++, Golang, Programming, Data Engineering, Distributed Systems, Automation, Backend Infrastructure, Serverless Architectures, SQL, NoSQL Databases, Data Structures Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Summer