Nissan Internship

The leaf I was working on
Source: Harry McCracken, FastCompany. Link

Because of the secretive nature of this project, I signed a non-disclosure agreement. As such, all images and information on this page is taken from press releases and articles approved by Nissan.


I spent the summers of 2014 and 2015 at the Nissan Research Center in Sunnyvale, California. I worked on a team of software developers and roboticists working on creating an autonomous vehicle prototyping platform.

The interior of a car similar to what I was working on.
Source: Harry McCracken, FastCompany. Link

My work focused on the installation and integration of sensors as some work on the fusing of data we received from them. Unfortunately, I cannot go into detail about what I was working on. I learned a lot over my two summers there, especially about software development as a team. While at Nissan, I learned how to use Git, Agile Development and Scrum. I also learned a lot about the importance of readable code and documentation.

The trunk of a car similar to what I was working on.
Source: Nissan, Published by CNET. Link

Summary

  • Worked for two summers on a autonomous car
  • Focused on perception subsystem
  • Installed and integrated new hardware
  • Skills

  • Team Software Development
  • C++
  • Robotics