We have an exciting opportunity for an internship within our AI & Algorithms department, focused on robotics and robot learning. This is a paid placement of between 6 and 12 months' duration with a flexible start date, and is suitable for final-year PhD students looking for industry experience, with the hope to transition into an industry role after graduation.
As a Robotics & Robot Learning Engineer (PhD Intern), you'll get involved with a range of diverse projects, working with and supported by a talented team of experts and mentors. You'll engage in hands-on tasks spanning the full pipeline of a robotic learning system — from data collection and model training through to deployment on real hardware. With cutting-edge labs, robotic platforms and computing resources at your disposal, you'll use technology to solve real-world problems across healthcare and industrial applications.
We are looking for a final-year PhD student in robotics, computer science, AI/machine learning, or a related computational discipline.
What matters most is that you understand the complexity of a robotic system, and have hands-on experience across the full pipeline, from data collection through to real-world deployment.
You will also have:
While not essential requirements, we would also be very interested if you have experience with any of the following:
Cambridge Consultants creates exciting and novel breakthroughs in technology and products. Our work on intelligent systems area has helped create world-first and market-changing technologies including real-time AI-enhanced medical imaging, autonomous defence systems against cyberattacks, and edge algorithms to help visually impaired people navigate indoor spaces. In robotics specifically, our teams are working on humanoid platforms and surgical robotic systems, alongside industrial robotics applications, giving interns exposure to some of the most demanding and fast-moving areas of the field. We combine our research output with engineering rigour to create innovative and robust solutions to solve complex problems presented to us by our clients. We help clients across a diverse range of markets, including defence/security, healthcare, biotech, industrial and energy, so there is no shortage of variety.
At the heart of what we do are talented and motivated multi-disciplinary teams empowered to create cutting-edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for our clients. We offer a diverse, fun, and challenging work environment where you'll have the chance to work on a wide variety of projects that deliver real value using technology.
We recognise and celebrate individual talent and we understand the importance of letting individuals be just that. Our people are here to do the best work of their lives, and our job is to provide the platform for them to do it.
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