Aerospace Firmware Intern: Microcontrollers & FPGA

Bascom Hunter; Baton Rouge, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Bascom Hunter is seeking a Firmware Engineering Intern to support the development, integration, and testing of low-level software and firmware for aerospace and defense electronics. The intern will work with electrical, embedded software, FPGA, and systems engineers to interface with processors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and hardware.

This paid internship provides hands-on experience across the firmware lifecycle, including hardware bring-up, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation, with

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience programming in C or C++.
• Basic understanding of digital electronics, computer architecture, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, development, integration, and testing of firmware for aerospace and defense electronic systems.
• Write, debug, test, and optimize low-level software using C, C++, or other applicable programming languages.
• Support firmware development for microcontrollers, microprocessors, FPGAs, and other programmable devices.
• Assist with board bring-up, hardware initialization, and hardware/firmware integration.
• Develop and test device drivers, board support packages, bootloaders, and other low-level firmware components.
• Implement and troubleshoot communication interfaces and protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, GPIO, or similar interfaces.
• Support firmware interfaces with sensors, converters, memory devices, FPGAs, and other electronic components.
• Use laboratory and debugging equipment to troubleshoot firmware and hardware interactions.
• Develop test software and scripts to support firmware verification and automated testing.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, integration activities, and technical meetings.
• Collaborate with electrical, FPGA, embedded software, and systems engineers to support integrated product development.
• Assist with laboratory testing, data collection, troubleshooting, and analysis.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including firmware requirements, design documentation, test procedures, and reports.
• Learn and apply industry-standard configuration management, coding, verification, and documentation practices.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Embedded systems

Hardware interfacing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/CE/CS/Software Eng

Tools

Git

JTAG

Oscilloscope

RTOS

Job description

Bascom Hunter is seeking a Firmware Engineering Intern to support the development, integration, and testing of low-level software and firmware for aerospace and defense electronics. The intern will work with electrical, embedded software, FPGA, and systems engineers to interface with processors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and hardware.

This paid internship provides hands-on experience across the firmware lifecycle, including hardware bring-up, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation, with