Top of Mind with Brad Porter
He built Amazon’s robot army. Then walked away. Why? To build something bigger. Top of Mind is a weekly 2–5 minute audio drop from Brad Porter—former Amazon VP of Robotics, Scale AI CTO, and now founder of Cobot. Each short episode delivers raw, unfiltered insights on leadership, automation, and the chaos of building at the edge of physical AI. From warehouse floors to the frontier of machine intelligence, this is what it sounds like when a Silicon Valley leader thinks out loud.
Top of Mind with Brad Porter
How to Land a Robotics Internship (or Career)
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Brad Porter
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Episode 10
I share some tips on "How to Land a Great Robotics Internship!" and building your resume to differentiate.
- Simulation experience is in demand. Highlight the tools you've used. NVIDIA Omniverse IsaacSim skills are particularly in demand.
- Low-level debugging skills are extremely valuable. Learn to use the oscilloscope and trace back to the firmware.
- Highlight any experience you have in the workforce. If you've worked in a warehouse or grocery store or hospital or anywhere where you've seen the opportunity to automate physical tasks, that's valuable.
- If you can't land a role with a big tech company or a robotics startup, look around for roles that get you hands-on mechanically or electrically for the summer, maybe helping install a 6DOF arm with a local manufacturer, or repairing equipment.
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