Looking for an intern to play with a Linux-powered robot fleet

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

On 2015-07-31 15:17, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
> Is this an unpaid internship?

No, I believe we're planning on paying them something.

How much? I'm not sure, but we're really not going for slave labour.


> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at hackerposse.com
> <mailto:rozzin at hackerposse.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Guys,
> 
>     I'm currently looking for an intern to come play with my company's Linux-powered
>     autonomous robot fleet this summer: Harvest Automation
>     <http://www.harvestai.com>
>     is looking to give one bright individual some industrial experience that
>     includes:
> 
>             * Working with actual robots, simulations, testers, operations people,
>               and developers to help solve issues in the application, network,
>               and operating environments.
> 
>             * Creating test plans, test cases, and conditions for testing of
>               the robot software (both on actual hardware, running around in
>               the real world, and in simulation) from information in specifications,
>               feature descriptions, or bug-reports.
> 
>             * Creation of test cases that address software scenarios, system
>               testing, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect
>               retest, performance monitoring and usability
> 
>             * Reproducing and resolving software issues with the database,
>               UI, or communication protocol
> 
>             * Implementing a software solution from a requirement
>               description within the code base using the database, UI, or
>               communication protocol
> 
>             * Updating test results and requirement descriptions in
>               our issue-tracker
> 
>             * Assisting in system set-up and software installation
> 
>             * Assisting in the installation/configuration of re-creations
>               of the software production environments
> 
>     We're in Billerica, MA (~14 miles south of Nashua).
> 
>     We're really hoping to find someone who's already got a reasonably
>     good grasp on what software-development entails; my boss has been
>     recruit from the college CS programs around Boston, and is expecting
>     to find someone working on a Master's CS Degree; I suspect that
>     we'd do well to open up the search a bit--that there's probably
>     someone on the list either who knows someone in college or high school
>     (or *whatever*) who's already savvy enough to have read some of
>     the more interesting compsci literature on their own, spent some time
>     hacking on open-source projects, and even has some code/patchsets
>     associated with a github/launchpad/ohloh/openhub/sourceforge/whatever
>     account that they could show along with trails through mailing lists
>     and public bug-trackers..., or who _is_ such a person themselves.
> 
>     I'd like to hear from those people.
> 
>     Experience with C++ and Python are pluses (and if you're savvy enough
>     to grok things metaclasses, that's probably a big plus). If you know
>     C# or Java, that's OK too. You'll need to have some background
>     somewhere in there.
> 
>     Knowing SQL is a plus.
> 
>     If you've ever programmed with a video game engine, that's a plus.
> 
>     Understanding of network architectures and how Wi-Fi actually works
>     is a plus.
> 
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