PhD Robotics Engineering Internship (2027 start)

About this role

The Role We have an exciting opportunity for an internship within our AI & Algorithms department, focused on robotics and robot learning. This is a paid placement of 6–12 months’ duration, with a flexible start date, and is suitable for PhD students nearing completion who are looking to gain industry experience before transitioning into a full-time industry role. We are flexible on the exact duration of this placement and will work to align it to academic needs.

As a Robotics & Robot Learning Engineer (PhD Intern), you'll get involved with a range of diverse projects, working with and supported by a talented team of experts and mentors. You'll engage in hands-on tasks spanning the full pipeline of a robotic learning system — from data collection and model training through to deployment on real hardware. With cutting-edge labs, robotic platforms and computing resources at your disposal, you'll use technology to solve real-world problems across healthcare and industrial applications.

What you’ll be doing Working alongside our engineers to build and deploy robot learning systems, from data collection (teleoperation, sensor logging, simulation) through to training, testing, and real-world deployment. Getting hands-on with robotic hardware and software integration — helping robots perceive, learn from data, and act reliably in the real world. Supporting client projects that apply robotics and AI to solve real-world problems in healthcare and industrial settings.

Learning software and systems engineering skills in mixed-discipline teams, attending stand-ups and contributing to planning sessions. Contributing to our internal research and development programs, building on state-of-the-art robotics and AI literature to produce market-leading solutions and compelling demonstrations that showcase our expertise to clients. Communicating the results of your work to colleagues and clients.

What you can bring We are looking for a final-year PhD student in robotics, computer science, AI/machine learning, or a related computational discipline. What matters most is that you understand the complexity of a robotic system, and have hands-on experience across the full pipeline , from data collection through to real-world deployment. You will also have: One or more publications in a leading journal or conference relevant to the sector (e.g.