Hardware Test Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Reliable Robotics Corporation; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics Corporation is seeking a Hardware Test Engineering Intern in Mountain View, CA. You will own the development of test stands and participate in development, production acceptance, and qualification testing, interfacing with design and flight-test engineers to ensure hardware quality.

The role requires hands-on hardware enthusiasm, familiarity with ECAD/MCAD tools, and scripting in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a 4-year engineering degree (mechanical, aerospace, electrical) or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on hardware interest and coursework in EE/ME fundamentals.
• Experience with ECAD/MCAD tools is a plus.
• Comfort with scripting in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Own development of mechanical or electrical test stands for development, production, and qualification testing.
• Write, execute, and audit test plans, procedures, and reports.
• Collaborate with design and flight-test engineers to design, build, test and improve flight hardware.

Skills

Python scripting

C/C++ programming

MATLAB

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Education

Junior or Senior standing in a 4-year college program in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

NX

NI DAQ

UEI DAQ

LabJack

Job description

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Hardware Test Engineering Intern at Reliable Robotics, you will be a key part of the Hardware Test team. This is a small team of broadly experienced engineers that strive to ensure that all hardware being produced meets the stringent requirements for aviation. Hardware Test Engineers are one of the essential interfaces between the design, production, and flight test teams and are exposed to a wide variety of engineering fields and technical challenges. You will be creating automated test stands to replicate extreme flight conditions on our hardware and mechanisms that will serve as the backbone of our qualification testing. You will help to break our development hardware, help root-cause the failure modes, and provide critical input in redesigning it. You will be writing the software and building the hardware platforms for the command, control and data collection systems that will test our systems to rigorous aerospace standards.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the development of mechanical or electrical test stands for development testing, production acceptance testing, functional and environmental qualification testing
• Author, execute, and audit test plans, procedures, and reports
• Work closely with design engineers and flight test engineers to design, build, test and improve flight hardware

Basic Success Criteria

• Junior or Senior standing in 4-year college degree program in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering OR equivalent practical experience
• A demonstrated passion for mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical hardware
• Experience using ECAD tools such as Altium or MCAD tools such as NX
• Comfort with basic software scripting in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB
• Working understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals (statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, basic circuit design)
• Eagerness for hands-on work - integration of sensors, building harnesses, diagnosing and debugging equipment and hardware

Preferred Success Criteria

• Hands on application of engineering through classes, clubs, or hobbies
• Familiarity with test instrumentation and data collection methods such as NI DAQ, UEI DAQ, LabJack, etc.
• Working knowledge of measurement and data analysis; ability to clearly present technical data and state its limitations

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on such basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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