
2027 Firmware Engineer Intern
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 42-50 / hour · Internship · Posted Oct 13, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 42-50 / hour
About the role
- Anduril Industries is seeking a 2027 Firmware Engineer Intern to develop low-level firmware and software for microcontrollers.
- The intern will create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features, and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase.
Responsibilities
- Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers
- Create reusable device drivers
- Integrate system-level features
- Architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
- Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
Requirements
- Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program
- Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in one of our offices in summer 2027
Preferred qualifications
- Solid C coding ability for embedded systems
- Some experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital designs
- Some experience developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments
- Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
- Some familiarity with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
- Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)
- Some experience debugging with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, or Logic analyzers
- Have a bias for action. If you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
Skills
- C
- USB
- SPI
- I2C
- CAN
- RS232
- RS485
- Ethernet
- ARM
- AVR
- MSP430
- PIC
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- JTAG
- SWD
- RTOS