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Software Engineer, Validation & Verification, Intern (Summer 2026) at field-ai
field-aiIrvine, CA·3d ago
InternInternshipPythonC++CI/CDGitGoAI
Salary Range
$40 - $50 /hour
About the Role
Field AI is seeking a Software Engineer, V&V Intern to support quality assurance for off-road autonomy, legged, and humanoid robotics stacks. This hands-on internship involves designing and executing scenario-based tests to improve system safety and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- →Contribute to verification and validation across autonomy software stacks
- →Design and implement tests for perception, planning, localization, and control
- →Define clear pass/fail criteria for features and releases
- →Maintain traceability between requirements, tests, logs, and results
- →Build and execute scenario-based tests using simulation and log replay
- →Develop realistic and adversarial test scenarios
- →Improve test infrastructure and developer feedback loops
- →Integrate tests into CI pipelines with actionable reporting artifacts
- →Build tooling for log capture, analysis, and automated failure triage
- →Track and visualize quality signals including scenario coverage and safety KPIs
- →Support structured field validation activities
- →Produce clear evidence reports for internal reviews
Requirements
- ✓Strong interest in software or robotics testing, verification & validation
- ✓Coding experience in Python and/or C/C++ for test harnesses or automation
- ✓Familiarity with robotics logging workflows (e.g., ROS/ROS 2, bag files)
- ✓Basic understanding of CI/CD concepts and reproducible development workflows
- ✓Comfort working with robotics sensor data (cameras, LiDAR, IMU, joint or force sensors)
- ✓Clear technical writing skills for test plans and results summaries
- ✓Evidence-driven mindset with interest in metrics, automation, and early issue detection
