SICK is looking for an intern to assist with the day-to-day activities within the business through immersion into different projects, gaining knowledge and first-hand experience of what a career in this industry would be like. The intern will have primary responsibility for hands-on design and support of SICK products through the entire product lifecycle, using their skills to capture customer requirements, devise appropriate solutions, and evaluate results for function, reliability, and performance. The intern will also work with a multi-national team to design new product offerings and enhance the performance of existing production lines.
Requirements
- Experience with C, C++, or Java.
- Some design and development experience with script-based languages such as Lua, Python or JavaScript.
- Familiarity with image processing and/or machine vision algorithms. Experience with OpenCV or PCL.
- Familiarity with machine learning frameworks.
- Familiarity with modern AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Cursor IDE to enhance productivity, code quality, and learning.
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools for code generation, debugging, documentation, and rapid prototyping in collaborative environments.
- Some Image Processing or Dimensioning Algorithm experience.
Responsibilities
- Ability to design code to meet software requirements with limited supervision.
- Plan, develop and execute tests to verify the operation, reliability, and performance of targeted product and or systems.
- Ensure that product quality and reliability requirements are incorporated into the design.
- Contribute to project teams involving cross-functional participants.
- Develop and execute projects in the product development process in full compliance with all design control, quality, and company regulations and national and international regulatory body requirements.
- Work on a chosen project with the assistance of the manager, mentor, and team.
- Work closely with the manager and a selected mentor to understand systems, processes, and key information.
Other
- This internship will take place for the 2026 summer season and will be located at our Canton, MA office.
- Must be enrolled in an accredited university/college program in Electrical, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Strong computer and math skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-directed and able to work without supervision.
