Internship in Motion Generation for Agricultural Robotics (f/m/x)

Intern
CompanyCarl Zeiss CMP
LocationKarlsruhe
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SeniorityIntern
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Posted2026-08-27
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Description

You don’t just want to learn robotics in lectures – you want to see it   working on real robots in real greenhouses? In our newly established   AgTech team, you will work on mobile robots operating in high-end greenhouses and help us rethink agriculture through intelligent automation. This internship gives you the opportunity to join a   strategic initiative   at ZEISS that aims to   revolutionize labor automation in agriculture   using cutting-edge robotic systems.

Your Role

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Implement and evaluate state-of-the-art motion planning and control approaches for highly unstructured environments

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Develop, refactor and maintain motion generation pipelines building blocks in a large robotics codebase

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Test approaches on real hardware in greenhouses

Your Profile

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Pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Data Science or related field

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Good foundation in robotics, kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, control theory, optimization, or machine learning

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Good coding skills with C++ and Python

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Hands-on experience with tools like ROS 2, Pinocchio, Drake, MoveIt, Tesseract, ros2_control or LeRobot is a plus

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High motivation and openness to learn new skills

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Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary, international team

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Excellent command of English; German skills are an asset but not required

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Selina Safradin