Motional · 7 hours ago
2026 Summer Intern – MS/PhD – Infrastructure
Boston, MA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
Start in 2026 SummerMotional is a driverless technology company focused on making autonomous vehicles a safe and reliable reality. The Infrastructure Intern will assist in building and optimizing data pipelines and platforms that support model development and deployment for various teams, with a focus on high-reliability data systems and automation.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Support development of scalable data ingestion, processing, and validation pipelines
Build tools for dataset management, versioning, and quality measurement
Work with large multimodal datasets (images, video, telemetry, logs)
Implement automation to improve data labeling workflows, annotation QA, and metadata tracking
Collaborate with Perception, Behaviors, and Actions teams to understand data requirements and optimize tiered dataflows
Contribute to the observability of data pipelines, including metrics, dashboards, and alerting
Support development of Cloud Operations Platform to manage autonomous vehicle fleet
Support development of Development Portal to improve SDLC workflows and systems
Document systems, processes, and best practices
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
Strong programming skills in Python, C++, Golang or other modern programming languages
Coursework or project experience in data engineering, distributed systems, automation, or backend infrastructure
Coursework or project experience serverless architectures, building systems using SQL and NoSQL databases
Familiarity with SQL and data structures
Preferred
Experience with big-data technologies
Knowledge of workflow orchestration tools
Exposure to ML data pipelines, dataset lifecycle management, or ETL systems
Experience with source management tools (ex. git, svn, ClearCase)
Familiarity with tools for logging, monitoring, or observability
Experience with cloud or containerized environments or willingness to learn
Company
Motional
Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.
Founded in 2020
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed
Leadership Team
Laura Major
President and CEO
Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
Recent News
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