Electrical Engineering Intern
Austin, TX · San Carlos · Internship · Onsite · Posted Sep 30, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Austin, TX · San Carlos
About the role
- The Hardware Engineering Intern will be hands-on with every phase of product development, from early prototyping to production support.
- Interns work alongside experienced engineers to solve complex mechanical and electrical design challenges for batteries, inverters, and microgrid interconnection devices.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with senior engineers to design, simulate, build, and test electrical and mechanical systems.
- Participate in hands-on prototyping, debugging, and iterative testing of early- and late-stage hardware.
- Support R&D and production efforts from first breadboard to high-volume manufacturing.
- Diagnose and solve real-world performance, thermal, and integration issues.
- Contribute to system documentation, test procedures, and design reviews.
Requirements
- Current junior or senior in an undergraduate program, or a graduate student, in Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related technical field.
- Strong understanding of electrical or mechanical engineering fundamentals.
- Passion for hands-on hardware development and building things that work in the real world.
- Curious, self-motivated, and eager to work on hard problems with real-world impact.
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., KiCad, Altium) for electrical focus.
Skills
- KiCad
- Altium
