Simulation Engineering Intern

About you and this role:

Robust AI is an early-stage startup founded by an unsurpassed team of veterans in robotics, AI, and Supply Chain who are dedicated to making the promise of Physical AI a reality. We are a collaborative group with a diverse set of perspectives, seeking talented individuals who are passionate about developing robotic solutions that are valuable to customers and delightful to use. Help us redefine the very foundation of robotics and build robots that are smart, safe, and flexible: fully autonomous and truly collaborative.

As a Simulation Engineering Intern at Robust.AI, you will join a small fast-paced team working to sell, deploy, support, and expand the next generation of warehouse robotic systems. This is a high-visibility role that will provide an opportunity to work with key business units such as commercial, software, and product development. You will possess a set of skills that are focused on building and refining multi-agent simulation environments to improve the speed and accuracy of our solutions team in the presales process.

This role will report to the Director of Solutions, but collaborate heavily with the VP of Sales as well as the VP of Software.

• Create and refine multi-agent (robot and human) simulations to explore potential workflows, customer sites and configurations.
• Create beautiful visualizations of simulations used to sell robots.

• Python programming (strong foundation required).
• Experience with creating animations (Python or web-technologies)

• Path planning algorithms (A*, Dijkstra, or heuristic-based methods).
• Multi-agent coordination & fleet management (graph theory, swarm algorithms, or logistics optimization).
• Warehouse optimization techniques (batch picking, order clustering, SKU slotting).
• Basic UI/UX development (preferably using React.js, Flask, or Streamlit for interface design).
• Simulation frameworks (e.g., SimPy, Mesa, Unity ML-Agents, or custom-built tools).
• Operations Research / Linear Programming (OR-Tools, MILP solvers).
• Game Engine / 3D Visualization (Unity, Unreal Engine for simulation visualization).
• Bonus points given for relevant projects or experiences.

• Undergraduate or graduate students in Computer Science, Robotics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or related fields.
• Individuals passionate about robotics, automation, and warehouse logistics.
• Problem-solvers who enjoy working on complex, real-world challenges: happy to take an open-ended problem and build something that both helps us understand our business and showcase it to customers and investors.

Robust AI fosters a culture of belonging and a shared commitment to equality and equity.

Having a diverse set of perspectives is key to ensuring AI and robotics serve the needs of all.