SEEKING SUMMER 2027 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIPS

Hi, I’m Burton Tsai.

Software for
systems that
move.

Computer Engineering at the University of Washington. I build across robotics software, real-time data pipelines, and embedded systems.

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01 / INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

From code to the real world.

Two internships.
Software that connects to hardware.

Foxconn

Robotics Software Intern

Jul — Sep 2026

Bringing a humanoid robot into a digital world.

Building a real-time digital twin of the Fiibot humanoid robot in NVIDIA Omniverse and OpenUSD.

Developed a custom Omniverse Kit extension in Python to animate Fiibot from streaming data.
Deployed a Kafka broker and built a Python producer/consumer pipeline to stream joint telemetry into the simulation.

PythonNVIDIA OmniverseOpenUSDApache Kafka

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ABB Robotics

Software Development Intern

Jul — Sep 2025

Developing software for industrial robotics.

Designed and developed software for the OmniCore controller, working at the intersection of software and physical automation.

Worked on software integration with large-scale robotics systems.
Collaborated with the team on industrial robotics processes and system efficiency.

Software developmentOmniCoreRobotics integration

FOXCONN / HOW THE PIECES CONNECT

Joint telemetryKafka + PythonOmniverse KitFiibot digital twin

02 / SELECTED ENGINEERING

Beyond the internship.

Find me on GitHub

FIRMWARE / STUDENT TEAM

Washington
Superbike

Team involvement · Oct 2024 — Present

Designed and tested onboard firmware, with embedded control logic for sensor data acquisition and power management.

ALSO CONTRIBUTED

Secured sponsorships and managed partnerships as part of the business team.

Embedded systemsSensor acquisitionPower management

RESEARCH / IEEE ARIS

State estimation for
autonomous vehicles

Researcher · Jun — Sep 2024

Researched a neural network-assisted observer approach to state estimation for autonomous surface vehicles.

RESEARCH OUTPUT

Published through IEEE.

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Neural networksState estimationAutonomous systems

03 / ABOUT ME

An engineer.
A teammate.
Always learning.

I’m Burton (Po Ting) Tsai. My work spans software, robotics, and the hardware they run on. I’m looking for a Summer 2027 internship where I can keep building that connection.

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EDUCATION

University of Washington

B.S. in Computer Engineering
Expected graduation · Spring 2028

3.86GPA

6Dean’s List quarters

TECHNICAL FOUNDATION

Languages: Java · C/C++ · Python
Robotics & simulation: NVIDIA Omniverse · OpenUSD · Kafka
Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms · System Programming · Hardware/Software Interface · Digital Design · Data Management

LEADERSHIP & RECOGNITION

Building teams, too.

Founded and captained the KCIS Math School Team and served as captain of the KCIS VEX Robotics Team.

VEX V5 Taiwan Open Build Award · 2024
ARML Silver Award · Top 20% · 2023
PAS-VEX VRC Signature Event Energy Award · 2023

04 / LET’S CONNECT

Have something
in mind?

I’d love to hear about software engineering internships, interesting teams, and opportunities to build.

burtontsai1228@gmail.com