Electrical Engineering Intern - Fall

Blackwing; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity through advanced UAS and sensing subsystems. You will join the Engineering team working on our UAS platform, dispersion payload, and in-situ/remote sensing systems.

Reporting to the Lead Electrical Engineer, you will rapidly prototype hardware, design PCBs with Altium or KiCad, and help bring up boards for flight testing while documenting your work and collaborating across mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with PCB design software (Altium or KiCad).
• Familiarity with embedded systems and microcontrollers (Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson, STM32, ESP32, RP2040).
• Embedded programming experience (Rust, Arduino, Python, or C++).
• Familiarity with power electronics circuits (buck and boost converters, BMS, power switching circuits).
• Experience with EE Lab equipment (Oscilloscope, Power Supply, DC Load, etc.).
• Experience applying technical ability outside of the classroom (personal projects, research, extracurriculars, or prior internship/work experience).

Responsibilities

• Rapid hardware prototyping: Design and build functional prototypes for UAS subsystems, iterating quickly based on flight test feedback and mission requirements.
• PCB design: Create schematic and layouts for power distribution, sensor interfaces, payload controllers and communication modules using Altium or KiCad.
• Board bringup and testing: Assemble, debug, and validate new PCBs; develop test procedures and fixtures to verify functionality and reliability under flight conditions.
• Documentation: Write technical documentation, prepare fabrication and assembly data for manufacturers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Mechanical engineers, software engineers, and manufacturing.

Skills

PCB design

Embedded systems

Embedded programming

Power electronics

Rapid hardware prototyping

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Raspberry Pi

NVIDIA Jetson

Job description

Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.

The Engineering team at Rainmaker works on our UAS, dispersion payload, and in-situ/remote sensing systems. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in our operational system, this is a fantastic opportunity.

In this role you will be reporting directly to the Lead Electrical Engineer and will be working on mission critical subsystems for our UAS platform.

What You'll Do

• Rapid Hardware Prototyping: Design and build functional prototypes for UAS subsystems, iterating quickly based on flight test feedback and mission requirements.

• PCB Design: Create schematic and layouts for power distribution, sensor interfaces, payload controllers and communication modules using Altium or KiCad.

• Board Bringup and Testing: Assemble, debug, and validate new PCBs; develop test procedures and fixtures to verify functionality and reliability under flight conditions.

• Documentation: Write technical documentation, prepare fabrication and assembly data for manufacturers.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Mechanical engineers, software engineers, and manufacturing

Required Qualifications

• Experience with PCB design software (Altium or KiCad)

• Familiarity with embedded systems and microcontrollers (Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson, STM32, ESP32, RP2040)

• Embedded Programming Experience (Rust, Arduino, Python, or C++)

• Familiarity with power electronics circuits. (Buck and boost converters, BMS, power switching circuits)

• Experience with EE Lab equipment (Oscilloscope, Power Supply, DC Load, etc.)

• Experience applying technical ability outside of the classroom (Personal projects, research, extracurriculars, or prior internship/work experience)

Rainmaker is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rainmaker is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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