Space Optics & Networking Intern

Ephemeris Net; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 70 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary: $70,400 annual prorated

Comprehensive health care coverage

Résumé du poste

Ephemeris Net seeks engineering interns to work on optical terminals for space-based laser communications and a space network simulator. You will be matched to a project that aligns with your background and company needs, offering meaningful hands-on experience in a small team building foundational space networking infrastructure.

Expect mentorship, a structured kickoff, and the chance to contribute to hardware or software depending on your strengths, with projects ranging from FPGA firmware to

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build things: personal projects, research, coursework, or prior internships where you wrote code, designed hardware, or ran experiments that produced tangible results
• Strong fundamentals in at least one of: embedded systems and FPGA development, software engineering (C, C++, Python, or Rust), optical or mechanical design, electrical engineering, information theory, or networking and simulation
• Ability to work on-site in El Segundo, CA or Oakland, CA for a minimum of 3 months, 3 days a week
• Must be a US person (15 CFR 772.1)

Responsabilités

• You will be assigned a mentor who works on the product area closest to your project. You will have regular check-ins and direct access to them for technical guidance.
• Before you start, we will meet to understand your strengths and growth goals and come up with a project for you.
• You are expected to scope your project, execute, and present your results to the team at the end of the internship.

Connaissances

embedded systems

FPGA development

software engineering (C/C++, Python, 0

Outils

Verilog

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Description du poste

Ephemeris Net seeks engineering interns to work on optical terminals for space-based laser communications and a space network simulator. You will be matched to a project that aligns with your background and company needs, offering meaningful hands-on experience in a small team building foundational space networking infrastructure.

Expect mentorship, a structured kickoff, and the chance to contribute to hardware or software depending on your strengths, with projects ranging from FPGA firmware to