# Robotics Software Intern, Manipulation & Simulation

About Valstad Valstad is building the machine that builds the ships. We combine industrial robotics, welding, sensing, and AI to turn 3D models into real high-mix ship structure. Our mission is to rapidly expand America's maritime output by 100x. Our team works directly with large industrial robots and real manufacturing equipment at our Austin facility. The systems we build will ultimately be deployed across shipyards and industrial facilities throughout the country. About Valstad Valstad is rebuilding how ships are made. American shipbuilding is constrained by slow, labor-intensive production methods and a shortage of skilled manufacturing capacity. We are developing robotic production systems that can turn engineering data directly into finished steel structures, dramatically reducing the time and manual programming required to build ships. Our first platform combines industrial robots, automated material handling, welding, sensing and AI-driven manufacturing software to produce large ship panels and structural assemblies. Instead of programming each new part by hand, our goal is for the system to understand the CAD model, determine how the structure should be assembled and weld

- **Id**: 801230
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/valstad-robotics-software-intern-manipulation-simulation>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-31T17:59:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:58:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 68
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8653
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Industrial Robotics, Metal Fabrication

## Company

- **Id**: 688524
- **Name**: Valstad
- **Domain**: valstad.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/valstad>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 34
- **Max**: 42
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 84000

## Technologies

- **Drake** — Optional: no
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- **Inverse Kinematics** — Optional: no
- **Isaac Sim** — Optional: no
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: no
- **MoveIt** — Optional: no
- **MuJoCo** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **OMPL** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 68

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T07:56:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 10
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.349
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 67
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 84000
- **Is top pay**: no

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