Summer '27 Intern - Electrical Engineering

moss robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

moss.inc is seeking an Electrical Engineering Intern to drive the design of next-generation sensor systems, from PCB layout to integrating LiDAR, cameras, GPS, and IMUs into production kits.

You will prototype, debug, and write firmware, collaborate with mechanical engineering, manage sourcing, and test hardware with real customers worldwide. Interns or part-time roles are welcome.

Qualifications

• Impressive real-world projects beyond the classroom.
• Strong systems architecture capability (define full electrical stack from power input to compute and sensors).
• Deep PCB design experience (schematics, high-speed routing, power integrity, grounding strategy).
• Experience designing power systems (DC-DC regulation, battery integration, power budgeting, protection, EMI considerations).
• Experience with high-speed and mixed-signal design (USB, Ethernet, MIPI/CSI, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Comfortable making first-principles engineering trade-offs, even with partial information.
• Firmware proficiency (C/C++) for board bring-up, microcontrollers, and peripheral integration.
• Strong experience integrating autonomous system hardware (LiDAR, cameras, GPS, IMUs, Jetson or similar compute platforms).
• Experience working with manufacturers (DFM reviews, contract manufacturers, sourcing, production test strategy).

Responsibilities

• Own electrical architecture decisions, component selection, and PCB layout.
• Design and iterate on sensor integrated systems from concept to production.
• Collaborate with mechanical, perception and robotics teams to optimize hardware-software integration.
• Manage relationships with manufacturing partners and component suppliers.
• Lead design reviews internally and externally with suppliers and partners.

Skills

Electrical engineering fundamentals

PCB design

Power electronics

High-speed digital design

Firmware (C/C++)

System-level architecture

DFM / manufacturing collaboration

Autonomous sensor systems integration

Hardware debugging

Tools

PCB Design Tools (KiCad/Altium)

Measurement & test equipment

Job description

About Us

At moss.inc, we are making the physical world searchable. Our sensor kits mount to vehicles our customers already drive, and turn every drive into a measured 3D record of their site, across agriculture, construction, and energy. Our AI models then parse through those 3D maps and decipher important information for each of our customers. We started with tree farms, where a single field holds millions of plants no human has ever fully inventoried.

We're a small team of practical engineers with a long-term vision. We focus on real, messy, on-the-ground problems today, while working toward a future where AI agents understand the physical world.

If our mission aligns with how you work and think, we'd love to learn more about you.

The Role

Join us as an Electrical Engineering Intern on a fast-moving team of seven. In this high-ownership role, you'll own the design and development of our next-generation sensor systems, from PCB design and circuit architecture to integrating autonomous vehicle hardware like LiDARs, cameras, GPS, and IMUs into production-ready sensor kits deployed to paying customers worldwide.

Work across the full hardware development cycle: prototyping new designs, bringing up and debugging circuits, writing firmware, collaborating with mechanical engineering on enclosures and mounting solutions, managing component sourcing and manufacturing partnerships, and field testing hardware with customers in real-world deployments.

We're looking for both a full time founding engineer, and intern candidates for co-ops, summer, and/or part-time roles.

Minimum Requirements

• Impressive real-world projects beyond the classroom

• Strong systems architecture capability (able to define full electrical stack from power input to compute and sensors)

• Deep PCB design experience (schematics, high-speed routing, power integrity, grounding strategy)

• Experience designing power systems (DC-DC regulation, battery integration, power budgeting, protection, EMI considerations)

• Experience with high-speed and mixed-signal design (USB, Ethernet, MIPI/CSI, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C)

• Comfortable making first-principles engineering trade-offs, even with partial information

• Firmware proficiency (C/C++) for board bring-up, microcontrollers, and peripheral integration

• Strong experience integrating autonomous system hardware (LiDAR, cameras, GPS, IMUs, Jetson or similar compute platforms)

• Experience working with manufacturers (DFM reviews, contract manufacturers, sourcing, production test strategy)

What You'll Do

• Own electrical architecture decisions, component selection, and PCB layout

• Design and iterate on sensor integrated systems from concept to production

• Collaborate with mechanical, perception and robotics teams to optimize hardware-software integration

• Manage relationships with manufacturing partners and component suppliers

• Lead design reviews internally and externally with suppliers and partners