Bedrock Robotics
2027 Internship Test Operations Engineer
Lockhart, TX · On-site · Internship · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a BS or MS in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, robotics, or a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Runs field tests on autonomous excavators at Proto-Town, evaluates autonomy performance, and provides reliable data and actionable findings to engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Help plan and run safe, structured field tests; measure results and verify data quality.
- Triage and document field issues, and build Python tools for test setup, data processing, and reporting.
- Improve test procedures and present campaign results and recommendations to engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a BS or MS in a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Hands-on experience with test hardware, instrumentation, or data acquisition.
- Working proficiency in Python for data processing, scripting, and automation.
- Basic electrical competence, including multimeters, connectors, harnessing, and reading a schematic.
Nice to have
- Exposure to heavy equipment, off-highway machinery, hydraulics, or automotive and vehicle test.
- Experience with test planning or V&V, Git, Linux command line, ROS-style tooling, or large time-series datasets.
Tools
Python, Foxglove, Git, Linux, ROS
AI focus
Tests autonomous excavator software and measures autonomy performance in real-world field conditions.
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