Summer 2026 Honeybee Robotics Software Engineering Intern - Undergraduate at Blueorigin

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Software Engineering Intern - Exploration Systems

Join us as a software engineering intern next summer! Our interns have the chance to develop and implement new software for robotic applications; develop and maintain robotic control and measurement software systems for both PCs and embedded systems; contribute to overall robotics software architecture and roadmap decisions; evaluate and identify improvements to system designs with specific focus on robust autonomy; and, create technical documentation (e.g., specifications, hazards analysis, etc.) for complex systems.

During your internship experience, you can also expect to:

• Gain hands on experience.

• Receive feedback from managers.

• Participate in events to learn about other parts of our organization.

• Attend social gatherings.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program majoring in robotics, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or a related field.

• Completed at least one year of full-time coursework post high school graduation at the time of application (obtained sophomore standing).

• Available to work full time for 12 weeks while not concurrently enrolled in coursework.

• Fundamental understanding of computer architectures, information representation, control flow, and memory management.

Desired Qualifications: If you have any experience with the following, include it in your application!

• Development experience with robotic systems and theory (e.g., mechatronics, kinematics, dynamics, sensing, control, planning, etc.)

• C++ development on both non-real-time and real-time platforms

• Python development for rapid algorithm development and data analysis

• Development of distributed asynchronous and deterministic systems

• Fluency in distributed software version control with Git and modern distributed software development and collaboration workflows a plus

Culture Statement

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