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MIT Beaver Works - Fall on-site RACECAR Teaching Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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MIT Beaver Works is seeking fall interns/teaching assistants to contribute to the Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) RACECAR program.  BWSI is a world class educational outreach program that challenges high school students across the country to develop robust unmanned systems using state-of-the-art autonomy algorithms and sensors. For more information on the BWSI program visit:

https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/bwsi.

TA’s will spend 8 weeks teaching, guiding, and advising young high-school students through the material for the Autonomous RACECAR Outreach Course, which is an introductory course on logic, programming, and robotic systems. This is an in-person position.

Tasks for the BWSI RACECAR Fall Outreach program include the following:

  • Learning the Autonomous RACECAR material through a guided online course
  • Troubleshooting and fixing electronic and embedded hardware systems
  • Verification of student lab-work and holding guided discussions with students
  • Debugging student-written software and guiding students to success

Position Requirements:

  • Current undergraduate students in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or other technical fields, coupled with the demonstrated ability to apply talents to new fields.
  • Demonstrate excellence in communication skills and the ability to convey technical concepts in a concise manner to a wide spectrum of audiences
  • Interest in autonomous systems, course development, and educational instruction.
  • Ability to rapidly assess technical situations and faults and to develop practical solutions
  • This position is in-person, occupying dates from October 2024 - December 2024. Classes are held in the afternoon, at the MIT Beaver Works facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Desired Skills:

  • Experience in the Python programming language, ROS2 framework, and Git
  • Exposure to image processing fundamentals, Computer Vision and OpenCV, and controls
  • Exposure to Linux, Bash, file transfer & communication protocols, and embedded systems
  • Exposure to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence concepts

If interested in applying fill out application at the following website (a resume must be attached to application):  

https://mit-bwsi.formstack.com/forms/beaverworks_job_application_2024

MIT is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; you must be a U.S. Citizen or have authority to work in the U.S. in order to be considered for this position.