Embedded Software Engineer Intern
We are looking for interns who are passionate about a more sustainable future and want to make that vision a reality. An ideal candidate is excited and ready to collaborate closely with a dedicated, cross-functional team to deliver innovative, best-in-class products. Engineers at Lunar are hands-on and involved in all aspects of the product, and own the design from forming concepts based on first principles to managing high-volume production quality.
Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.
On a given day at Lunar, you’ll likely…
- Collaborate with other disciplines across the company to refine and improve our understanding of how our products can create the greatest impact, get to market quickly, and operate reliably for our customers.
- Contribute to creating the best possible products by brainstorming and evaluating new features and solutions, and weighing pros and cons to narrow down options.
- Test ideas and designs through back-of-the-envelope calculations, building simulations, and designing validation tests.
- Build and deploy software tools, processes, and metrics.
- Perform board bring-up and hardware design validation.
- Design firmware software for our home energy product components, including:
- Power electronics controls
- System-level behaviors and optimization
- System diagnostics and updates
- RF and powerline communication protocols
- Control algorithms
- Installation automation features
- Optimize manufacturing by designing automation support functionality and by supporting our features within our manufacturing partners.
Desired Skills:
- Completed coursework in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Experience in software and/or firmware development
- C/Python coding skills
- Experience with board /chip bring-up
- Ability to explain and communicate about technical concepts with engineers in a variety of fields.
- Strong interest in working in a startup environment with high-impact projects.
Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the hourly range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The hourly range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $28-$50 USD
The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.
Top Skills
What We Do
Lunar Energy was founded to make energy cleaner, safer, and more reliable. We build products for home electrification to move the world towards 100% clean energy.
