JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.
The Software Engineer Intern will provide support for the Software Engineering team. Activities will include designing reliable, functional, and cost-effective vehicle control software; develop and test programming for vehicles and systems; support various systems through troubleshooting or reprogramming the system.
What you'd do
- Write quality, maintainable C++ and/or python software for robotic systems.
- Develop and test software that controls robot motion and autonomous behavior.
- Work with vision sensors, robot arms, and other robotic hardware.
- Debug software and hardware interactions on physical systems.
- Prepare and maintain software documentation.
- Participate in peer reviews, design discussions, testing, and other engineering activities.
What they want
- Undergraduate degree student majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of various degrees of information.
- Experience with C++, Python or similar programming language through coursework, clubs or personal projects.
- Familiarity with software engineering concepts and data structures.
- Experience with one robotics specialty (controls, motion planning, perception, autonomy)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with various web-based software applications including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.
- Detail oriented and quality focused.
- Ability to work independently while prioritizing workload.
- Flexible and adaptable to working under tight deadlines and/or changing needs
- Starts
- 2026-09-15