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title: 'Robotics Software Engineer Intern at Atoms'
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# Robotics Software Engineer Intern at Atoms

- **Company:** Atoms
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cssmerge/jobs/8695475002

## Job description

## Who we are

[Lab37 Robotics](https://www.lab37.us/), is a technology company focused on the development and deployment of robots designed specifically for direct-to-customer food production. Our mission is to revolutionize the food industry by creating innovative robotic solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology to deliver cutting-edge products that meet the evolving needs of our clients.

## About the Role

Build software that interfaces directly with robotic hardware, controls, and perception systems, alongside cloud services and robotic production systems. As a Robotics Software Engineering Intern, you will contribute to real engineering projects spanning frontend applications, on-robot services, controller state-machines, and low-level hardware communication. You’ll work closely with experienced engineers across software, robotics, firmware, product, and operations while learning modern software engineering practices in a hardware-centric environment.

This is not a project isolated from production. We expect interns to contribute meaningful code, participate in technical discussions, and help deliver software that reaches real users. You’ll receive mentorship from experienced engineers while taking ownership of well-defined features and projects throughout your internship.

## What you’ll do

- Develop production software for robotic control and full-stack systems under the guidance of experienced engineers.
- Implement and test control algorithms, sensor integration, and low-level hardware communication protocols.
- Optimize software for embedded and real-time constraints to ensure reliable robotic performance.
- Build product features, internal tools, dashboards, and operational workflows used by engineering, kitchen operations, and robotics teams.
- Implement APIs, services, and tools using modern engineering practices.
- Partner with software engineers, product managers, and operations teams to understand requirements and translate them into working software.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, testing, and technical planning.
- Debug production issues, investigate root causes, and contribute to reliable software solutions.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Leverage modern AI development tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity while maintaining high software quality.
- Learn and apply engineering best practices including testing, observability, version control, and continuous integration.
- Share ideas, ask questions, and actively contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.

## What we are looking for

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong programming fundamentals in one or more modern programming languages such as C++, Go, Python, Java, or Rust.
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, debugging, and software design principles.
- Experience building software through coursework, internships, research, personal projects, or open-source contributions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to learn unfamiliar technologies.
- Comfort working in a collaborative team environment and communicating technical ideas clearly.
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and capacity to learn.

## Nice To Have

- Proficiency in C++ and experience with ROS / ROS 2.
- Familiarity with Linux, embedded systems, and real-time operating systems.
- Knowledge of computer vision, sensor fusion, or robotic simulation tools like Gazebo.
- Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
- Personal projects, hackathons, robotics, embedded systems, IoT, or hardware-related software.
- Experience using AI-assisted software development tools to improve productivity.
- Open-source contributions or technical leadership in student organizations.

What Makes This Opportunity Different

- Real Ownership
- Contribute directly to production software rather than isolated internship projects.
- Learn From Experienced Engineers
- Work closely with experienced software engineers across frontend, backend, robotics, firmware, and cloud infrastructure.
- Technical Growth
- Gain experience building distributed systems, operational software, and robotics-adjacent applications while learning modern engineering practices.
- Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
- Partner with product, culinary, operations, robotics, firmware, and software engineering teams to solve real-world problems.
- Meaningful Impact
- Your work will directly influence software used in real production environments and help shape the future of automated food production.

## Why join us

- Demand for online food delivery is growing really fast! In the last 5 years, just in the US, the overall market has expanded 10X from $10B to $100B, and could expand to $500bn- $1T by 2030.
- Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.
- Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customer’s success.

What else you need to know

This role can be based in our Los Angeles or Pittsburgh office. As a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base starting rate for this role is $25.00 - $35.00/hour per hour.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Application Timeline: Getting a head start on your job search? So are we! We’re building our candidate pipeline now for our upcoming internship positions. Feel free to submit your resume today, we’ll be reviewing applications over the coming weeks and will reach out directly if your background is a match when interviews begin in the Fall.

## About Atoms

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atoms builds physical automation systems—robotics, AI, software, and infrastructure—for mining, transport, and food industries to automate the physical world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (formerly City Storage Systems; rebranded from CloudKitchens/ProFood parent)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: Rebranded as Atoms in March 2026; predecessor City Storage Systems founded earlier (~2018)
- **Founders**: Travis Kalanick (CEO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Physical AI, Robotics, Automation Machinery Manufacturing, Industrial Infrastructure
- Target customers: Mining/quarry operators, transportation & logistics companies, food service brands and kitchens (B2B, heavy industrial)
- Mission or purpose statement: “We build progress machines.” / “The constraint on human progress is our ability to automate the physical world.”

## Products & Services
- **Atoms Mining**: Autonomous haulage systems for mines and quarries designed to improve productivity, safety, and efficiency in complex industrial environments.
- **Atoms Transport**: Wheelbase for robots — autonomous delivery and logistics systems for moving goods. Includes the acquired Pronto AI technology (acquisition completed April 2026).
- **Atoms Food (ProFood)**: Robotics for better food. Automated kitchen systems that deliver consistent, affordable meals at scale; kitchen infrastructure platforms (bringing orders, delivery, operations into one platform); food real estate; Lab37 (an operating system for food facilities); and a forthcoming “built” meals brand.
- **Lab37**: The operating system/software layer that connects and orchestrates Atoms’ physical automation across domains.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not publicly disclosed; previously raised significant capital as City Storage Systems/CloudKitchens (estimated at over $1B in prior rounds); 414 employees on LinkedIn as of mid-2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Travis Kalanick (founder/CEO, previously co-founded Uber); partners include mining/quarry operators, food brands (specific names not public)
- **Growth Signals**: 414 employees (+13.2% monthly growth); operates in 24 countries; 26 active job postings (+160% monthly); recent acquisition of Pronto AI (April 2026); rebranding from City Storage Systems to Atoms (March 2026) signals strategic consolidation and pivot; hiring across robotics, AI, software, hardware, operations globally

## Competitive Advantages
- **Cross-stack vertical integration**: Controls sensors, compute, software, manufacturing, operations, real estate, energy, and infrastructure — a rare “full-stack” approach to physical AI.
- **Founder advantage**: Led by Travis Kalanick (Uber co-founder) who has deep experience scaling category-defining companies and attracting top engineering/operations talent.
- **Real-world deployment**: Robots with “real jobs” — not lab demos — deployed in working mines, kitchens, and transport systems today.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on “cross-stack competence,” ownership, and solving problems “most companies won’t attempt.”
- **Global footprint**: Presence in 24 countries allows rapid deployment and operations at scale.

## Strategic Focus
- Consolidating formerly separate brands (CloudKitchens, ProFood, Pronto AI) under one unified “Atoms” identity to create a single physical AI platform
- Expanding autonomous mining haulage into more quarries and mines globally
- Scaling food automation from kitchen robotics to end-to-end food infrastructure (real estate, ordering, delivery, operations)
- Growing AI, ML, and autonomy capabilities (hiring Senior Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure, Backend Infrastructure, Robotics Engineer)
- International expansion with dedicated regional roles (APAC, LATAM, Europe)

## Why Work Here
- **High ownership**: “Take ownership early, and contribute from day one” — interns and new hires work on live products, not side projects.
- **Hard problems**: Solving physical-world automation challenges that most companies won’t attempt — mining, logistics, food production at scale.
- **Compensation**: “Outsized rewards for outsized performance” — competitive compensation, healthcare, benefits, and PTO.
- **Culture**: “Builders” and “hardcore engineers” who have scaled category-defining companies — a relentless, high-expectation environment focused on excellence.
- **Work policy**: Mix of in-office roles (Mountain View, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Austin, TX) and international locations (Vilnius, LTU; Makati, PH; Bogotá, COL; São Paulo, BRA). Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but many roles list specific city locations.
- **Tech stack**: Modern — Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL, gRPC, Bazel, Google Cloud, NVIDIA, dbt, Looker, Airflow.
- **Team composition**: 25% of employees in technical roles (154 people); strong presence of HR, legal, finance, and operations supporting global scale; talent sourced from CloudKitchens, Amazon, Uber, Google, ProFood Properties, City Storage Systems.

## Sources
1. [atoms.co](https://atoms.co/)
2. [atoms.co/careers](https://atoms.co/careers)
3. [atoms.co/openroles](https://atoms.co/openroles)
4. [LinkedIn – Atoms](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomsco)
5. [Greenhouse – Atoms Jobs](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cssmerge)

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