2027 Internship Test Operations Engineer
Bedrock Robotics · Lockhart
Join the team bringing autonomy to the built world
At Bedrock, we're moving AI out of the lab and onto real job sites. Our team includes veterans who helped launch Waymo, scaled Segment to a $3.2B acquisition, and grew Uber Freight to $5B in revenue. We retrofit the heavy equipment contractors already own, starting with excavators, so experienced crews can safely take on more projects and deliver more of the critical infrastructure our society needs.
In August 2026, Bedrock-equipped excavators began doing fully autonomous, paid work on live commercial job sites. We've more than doubled our customer base since 2025, and our machines now work with contractors across the South, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic
In October 2026, we raised a $600M Series C co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, bringing our total funding to nearly $1B. We're using it to put more autonomous machines to work, build the field and operations teams behind every deployment, and expand into new machine types and job-site tasks.
This is where algorithms meet steel-toed boots. You'll work alongside construction veterans and world-class engineers to solve physical-world problems that simulations can't touch. If you're ready to do meaningful work on hard problems, we'd love to have you join us.
About the Role & Team
Nothing ships at Bedrock until it's been proven on real iron, on a real site, in real dirt. Test Operations runs the field program that turns engineering intent into evidence. We plan the tests, run them safely on autonomous excavators, and bring back data the whole company trusts. Proto-Town is our largest test site: more than 30 acres in Central Texas where several autonomous excavators and haul trucks run real mass-excavation work every day. As our Proto-Town Test Ops intern, you'll help run that daily testing, measure how well our autonomy performs, and find the failures before a customer does. You'll work in the field with our operators and Field Test Specialists, and directly with the autonomy engineers whose software you're testing.
What You'll Do
Help write Gen 3 test plans with hardware, controls, and autonomy engineers: what we're proving, how we'll measure it, and what pass looks like
Run structured field tests on autonomous and manually operated excavators, both in-cab and from the field, following our safety procedures
Own data quality for your campaigns: instrumentation and logging checks, then a review of recorded runs (e.g., in Foxglove) to confirm you captured what you meant to
Triage issues in the field: reproduce them, narrow down the cause, and write tickets engineering can act on the same day
Build Python tooling that automates test setup, data processing, and daily reporting
Turn what you learn into better test procedures, so the next Gen 3 machine goes through validation faster than the last one
Present your campaign results and recommendations to the engineering teams
What We're Looking For
Required
Currently pursuing a BS or MS in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, robotics, or a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience
Hands-on experience with test hardware, instrumentation, or data acquisition through coursework, projects, competition teams, or a prior internship
Working proficiency in Python for data processing, scripting, and automation
Basic electrical competence: multimeters, connectors, harnessing, reading a schematic
Willingness to work outdoors full-time at our field site, in PPE, on and around heavy equipment
Strong documentation habits and clear communication, because field results are only useful if others can trust and follow them
Preferred
Exposure to heavy equipment, off-highway machinery, hydraulics, or automotive and vehicle test
Experience with structured test planning or verification and validation (V&V) methods
Familiarity with Git, Linux command line, or ROS-style robotics tooling
Experience analyzing and visualizing large time-series datasets
Shop or field experience where you were responsible for safety and process (Formula SAE, Baja, robotics teams, etc.)
About This Internship
This is a fixed-term, project-based internship designed strictly for students (undergraduate or graduate) seeking resume-building experience, hands-on skill development, or industry exposure rather than a direct career launchpad. Candidates will own discrete, short-term projects that can be fully completed within the internship timeframe. Please note that while exceptional interns may occasionally be considered if business needs align, opportunities for full-time conversion are highly limited."
Bedrock Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
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