Software Engineering Intern, Robot Learning Platform - 2026

Description

Join us at NVIDIA as we redefine the future of robotics and AI! Our Isaac Lab team is on a mission to propel our flagship platform for robot learning to new heights. This is an outstanding chance to be part of an ambitious, world-class team pushing the boundaries of what's possible in autonomous systems training. You'll be immersed in a diverse and encouraging environment where innovation and collaboration are at the forefront. What you will be doing: - Develop innovative features for our platform, such as perception-in-the-loop reinforcement learning, multi-agent / multi-task learning, VLA and RL integration. - Participate in the open-source development of Isaac Lab, engaging with the robotics industrial and research communities. - Scale training massively in the cloud while ensuring flawless performance through extensive benchmarking, profiling, and optimizations. - Collaborate with research and engineering teams across NVIDIA to enable brand new research for the next generation of humanoid robots. What we need to see: - Currently pursuing an MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field. - Extensive experience in software development with Python and deep-learning software stacks like Pytorch, Tensorflow, or Jax. - Proven experience in robotics and simulation workflows, including reinforcement learning, imitation learning, motion planning, and trajectory optimization. Ways to stand out from the crowd: - Prior experience with Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Isaac Gym, or Mujoco. - Successfully trained a robot in simulation and deployed the policy sim-to-real. - Publications in major AI and robotics conferences.