Sensing Engineering Intern (6-12 months)

Proception Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 446,000 - 558,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Meals

Commuter Benefit

Snacks and Drinks

Immigration Support: TN sponsorship

Career Growth

Job summary

Proception Inc. in Mountain View invites you to join the sensing team to design electronics and embedded interfaces for a robotic glove.

You will bring up sensing hardware, validate it with firmware and hardware teammates, and help turn signals into reliable robotic behavior. Pursuing a BS or MS in EE/CS, you will work across hardware and firmware, gain experience with SPI/I2C/UART/CAN, PCB design (Altium), and data acquisition.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Fundamentals in analog circuits, sensor interfaces, signal conditioning, and ADCs.
• Experience with embedded communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, or CAN.
• Hands‑on with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and bench power supplies.
• Software development experience on microcontrollers (e.g. Arduino) and basic programming.
• Strong debugging discipline, clear communication, and cross‑domain collaboration.
• PCB design experience in Altium.
• Experience with low‑noise measurement, calibration, or data acquisition systems.
• Exposure to capacitive, resistive, optical, strain, or force sensing technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype PCBs for tactile, force, IMU, encoder, and position sensors.
• Support schematic capture, PCB layout review, bring‑up, calibration, and characterization.
• Develop firmware, test tools, and scripts for sensor acquisition, synchronization, and data quality checks.
• Investigate noise, drift, bandwidth, latency, and cross‑talk issues using lab instrumentation and experiments.
• Collaborate with mechanical and firmware engineers to integrate sensors into constrained robotic assemblies.
• A Proception employee will reach out directly to schedule additional interviews.
• A portfolio is recommended where relevant.
• Interview process: two technical interviews and one CEO interview.

Skills

Analog circuits

Sensor interfaces

Signal conditioning

ADCs

SPI/I2C/UART/CAN

Oscilloscopes & test equipment

Firmware for MCUs

Debugging discipline

Low-noise measurement

Data acquisition basics

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, CS or related

Tools

Altium

Job description

Join our sensing team to develop the electronics and embedded interfaces that turn tactile, force, motion, and position signals into reliable robotic behavior. You will help bring up sensing hardware on an advanced robotic glove and work closely with firmware and mechanical engineers to validate it on real systems.

Requirements

• 01 Pursuing a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 02 Fundamentals in analog circuits, sensor interfaces, signal conditioning, and ADCs.
• 03 Experience with embedded communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, or CAN.
• 04 Hands‑on comfort with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and bench power supplies.
• 05 Software development experience on microcontrollers (e.g. Arduino) and basic familiarity with programming in general.
• 06 Strong debugging discipline, clear communication, and interest in working across hardware and firmware.
• 07 (+) PCB design experience in Altium.
• 08 (+) Experience with low‑noise measurement, calibration, or data acquisition systems.
• 10 (+) Exposure to capacitive, resistive, optical, strain, or force sensing technologies.

Details & responsibilities

• 01 Design and prototype PCBs for tactile, force, IMU, encoder, and position sensors.
• 02 Support schematic capture, PCB layout review, bring‑up, calibration, and characterization.
• 03 Develop firmware, test tools, and scripts for sensor acquisition, synchronization, and data quality checks.
• 04 Investigate noise, drift, bandwidth, latency, and cross‑talk issues using lab instrumentation and structured experiments.
• 05 Collaborate with mechanical and firmware engineers to integrate sensors into constrained robotic assemblies.
• 06 A Proception employee will reach out directly to schedule additional interviews.
• 07 A portfolio is recommended where relevant.
• 08 Interview process: two technical interviews and one CEO interview.
• 01 Health Insurance: Health coverage for interns.
• 02 Meals: Lunch and dinner provided.
• 03 Commuter Benefit: Assistance with local transportation costs.
• 04 Snacks and Drinks: Fully stocked office kitchen.
• 05 Immigration Support: TN sponsorship available for eligible candidates.
• 06 Career Growth: Strong potential for full-time conversion after the internship.