2027 Internship Test Operations Engineer
Lockhart, TXInternPosted 2w ago
About the role
Internship role focused on field-testing autonomous excavators at Proto-Town and turning engineering intent into verifiable data in real-world conditions.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
- 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
Skills
Required:Test planningField testingPython
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Bedrock Robotics
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