Internship: Robotics Engineering at silana in NEW YORK, NY

Summary: Silana is a deep tech robotics startup automating garment manufacture. They are seeking a Robotics Engineering Intern to work alongside their engineering team on systems that integrate robotic arms, computer vision, and industrial automation hardware, focusing on hands-on development and testing of robotic systems. Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain ROS 2 nodes for robotic arm control, motion planning, and sensor integration - Work with Universal Robots cobots and integrate them into multi-subsystem automation cells - Interface ROS 2 with industrial automation components including PLCs and EtherCAT-based I/O - Test, debug, and validate robotic behavior on physical hardware in our workshop - Write clean, documented, and maintainable code within a collaborative engineering team - Participate in integration testing and system commissioning for customer deployments Required Qualifications: - Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field - Strong working knowledge of ROS 2 (Humble or later), comfortable with nodes, topics, services, actions, launch files, and lifecycle management - Hands-on experience with robotic arms (UR, KUKA, Fanuc, ABB, or similar) in a lab or industrial context - Proficiency in Python and/or C++ for robotics applications - Familiarity with motion planning frameworks (MoveIt 2, or equivalent) - Understanding of coordinate frames, transforms (tf2), and URDF/Xacro - Comfortable working in Linux (Ubuntu) environments and using Git for version control Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with industrial communication protocols (EtherCAT, Modbus, OPC UA) - Exposure to PLC-based automation systems (Beckhoff TwinCAT, Siemens, Allen-Bradley) - Background in computer vision or depth sensing for manipulation tasks - Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, or embedded compute platforms (NVIDIA Jetson) - Prior internship or project work in a manufacturing, warehouse, or industrial automation setting Required Skills: ROS 2, Robotic arm control, Motion planning, Sensor integration, Universal Robots cobots, Industrial automation hardware, PLC, EtherCAT, Python, C++, MoveIt 2, Coordinate frames, Transforms (tf2), URDF/Xacro, Linux (Ubuntu), Git