Robotics Software Intern

Role Name: Robotics Software Intern

About Manastu

Manastu Space

is an Indian space-tech company founded by IIT Bombay alumni

Tushar Jadhav

and

Ashtesh Kumar

. It develops hydrogen peroxide-based green propulsion systems for satellites and launch vehicles that enable safer manoeuvring that is cost-effective and helps in debris collision avoidance with sustainable end-of-life deorbiting, thus address the growing needs and challenges of an increasingly crowded space environment.

Our work sits at the intersection of advanced engineering, applied research and mission-critical systems, requiring deep technical capability and long-term thinking.

Website:

https://www.manastuspace.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/manastu-space/

Email:

careers@manastuspace.com

6 months, Onsite – Full Time Internship

Start date:

19th October, 2026

Reports to:

Robotics Software Engineer

Conversion:

Strong performers may be considered for a full-time offer (PPO) at the end of the internship

Turbhe MIDC, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra — Onsite, full-time.

What you will work on

–

Precision landing

— perception and control for landing the vehicle accurately on a target, including optimising existing code so it runs within the constraints of the onboard computer.

–

Flight controls

— implementing and tuning control loops, diagnosing instability, and validating behaviour in simulation and on hardware.

–

Path planning and optimization

— implementing planning and optimization algorithms, and reasoning about cost functions rather than only calling library functions.

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Flight controllers and sensors

— working directly with ArduPilot-based systems, configuring vehicles, and dealing with real sensor behaviour: IMU, GPS, rangefinder, camera.

–

Linux and toolchain

— building, debugging and running your code on Linux, including on the target hardware rather than only on your laptop.

What we require

–

Strong C and C++.

You have written substantial code in these languages yourself and can explain your memory and timing choices.

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Prior hands-on drone experience.

Flight controllers

,

sensors

,

ArduPilot

, and ideally precision landing. Configured and flashed yourself, not flown on someone else's setup.

–

Control theory.

Not just the textbook version — you have tuned a real loop and can explain what the gains were doing and how you knew when to stop.

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Perception.

Experience with vision-based estimation relevant to landing on a target: detection, pose estimation, and the error sources that come with them.

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Path planning and optimization algorithms.

You have implemented at least one from scratch and can explain how it works, not only which library provides it.

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Linux systems.

Comfortable at the shell, with a build system, a debugger and version control as your normal working environment.

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Preference:

You have participated in Drone/Robotics related competitions IROC, SAE Aerothon, NIDAR, etc.

Education / candidate profile

B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/ students or recent graduates in Robotics, or related fields.

Typically 3rd/4th-year undergraduate, final-year student, or recent graduate.

Strong preference for candidates with substantial hands-on robotics/drone experience.

What to send us

To: Pranav.nikte@manastuspace.com; Subject - Robotics Software Intern Application

– Your CV along with the project portfolio, and a link to

code you personally wrote

— GitHub, GitLab, or an archive. Group projects are fine as long as you can say clearly which parts were yours.

– A short note — a few lines is enough — on

one drone or robotics problem you solved

: what was broken, what you tried, and what the result was. Include the numbers if you have them.

– Any

flight logs, plots, or test data

from work you have done. These tell us more than a project title does.