Sony
Systems Intern for Gastronomy Robotics
Job Description
Sony AI America, a branch of Sony AI, is a remotely distributed organization spread across the U.S. and Canada. Sony AI is Sony’s new research organization pursuing the mission to use AI to unleash human creativity. Sony AI works closely with Sony’s other business units, including Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth. To learn more: https://ai.sony/
Position Summary
Sony AI is seeking highly motivated, self-driven interns with expertise in robotics to join and contribute to our robotic flagship project in gastronomy. During the internship, the successful candidate will work with our mentors closely to research, design, and deploy robotic systems, including but not limited to control, sensing, and/or deployment aspects of the robotic systems. The vast scope of the Gastronomy project provides you with a lot of creative flexibility to explore things and learn.
Roles and Responsibilities
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Help in research, design, and deploy solutions to robotic systems. Write reports and give presentations for internal audiences
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Work closely with a team of AI researchers and programmers on ambitious demonstration projects
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Work in the integration platform team that brings the entire system to life
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Develop everything from CI pipelines to core components of the robot stack
Required Qualifications
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Pursuing Masters, or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Robotics or related areas.
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Knowledge and desire to write clean well tested code
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Excellent programming skill in Python or C++
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Excellent communication skills in English
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Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration
Extra Qualifications
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Experience with robots
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Experience with any robotics platform (ROS, etc)
Duration
The internship duration is 3-6 months
Working Location Tokyo (Onsite) or Boston (Hybrid)
The target hourly rate for this internship is $40.00 to $45.00 per hour. The individual will be paid hourly and eligible for overtime.
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