Hardware Engineer Intern — Systems & Sensing

Tacit; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

You will participate in moving the product from prototype toward mass production, including bring-up, design updates, and testing. Internships are rolling with flexible start dates and timelines, offering hands-on growth in a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• Solid grasp of EE fundamentals and power basics.
• Hands-on lab experience with test equipment from coursework or internships.
• Experience designing or debugging a circuit board.

Responsibilities

• Help bring up prototype boards and get them ready for testing.
• Run bench measurements on power rails, battery charging, sensor front ends, and digital interfaces, using oscilloscopes and other equipment.
• Debug hardware issues and propose small schematic/layout changes to improve performance, power, or board area.
• Build and automate repeatable bench tests and analyze data across multiple boards.
• Document results and present findings and recommendations to the team.

Skills

EE fundamentals

Lab equipment handling

Circuit board design/debugging

Documentation & communication

Curiosity & persistence

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Job description

You will participate in moving the product from prototype toward mass production, including bring-up, design updates, and testing. Internships are rolling with flexible start dates and timelines, offering hands-on growth in a fast-moving startup.