Reliability Test Intern

Lunar Energy

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Mountain View, California

In Person

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Responsibilities

The intern will execute hardware validation testing and design test stands for PCBA testing. They will also write Python scripts for automation and collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze test data and failure reports.

Qualifications

You are pursuing a Bachelor's degree in engineering, preferably Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering. You have working knowledge of programming, particularly Python and object-oriented programming, and experience with electronics/circuit analysis. Your hands-on project experience and curiosity are key to excelling in this role.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Python

object oriented programming

electronics

circuit analysis

power supplies

multimeters

Daq

sensors

instrumentation

embedded systems

IoT systems

wireless communications

Wifi

mesh networks

BLE

CAD software

Job Description

Hardware Test Engineering Intern 

Test Engineering Intern on the Reliability Testing team at Lunar Energy will be responsible for ensuring the validation of the product throughout the entire lifecycle of our revolutionary home energy products. We are looking for people who are passionate about a more sustainable and energy independent  future and want to make that vision a reality.

Lunar Energy is on a mission to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company recognized by Forbes as one of America’s best start up employers in 2025. We’re building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.

On a given day at Lunar, you’ll likely:

  • Perform and execute various types of testing as part of our hardware validation process. 
  • Design and build test stands for PCBA testing 
    • Thoughtful use of AI assistants and coding tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini…etc) in your engineering workflow - including good judgment about when outputs need verification, awareness of confidentiality practices and a strong vision on how to structure your test code
    • Specify test stand equipment and instrumentation
    • Work with technicians for designing and building test stands
    • Write Python scripts to enable test automation and process data coming out of the test
  • For test failures and field failures, aid failure analysis investigations and countermeasure validation with design team, reliability team and failure analysis lab 
  • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and firmware engineers across the company to develop thoughtful test methodologies 
  • Analyze test data, write test reports and help extract important takeaways from the data 
  • Contribute to various test infrastructure improvement efforts (ranging from contributing new features and functions to the codebase, creating custom test equipment…etc) 

Desired Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering in progress. Mechatronics or electrical engineering background preferred. 
  • Highly curious with hands-on project experience.
  • Working knowledge of programming, Python and object oriented programming experience preferred. 
  • Working knowledge of electronics/circuit analysis required, working knowledge of statics/mechanics of materials and heat and mass transfer is a plus. 
  • Experience with test equipment like power supplies, multimeters, DAQs, various sensors/instrumentation…etc preferred.
  • Familiarity with testing embedded/IoT systems or wireless communications (Wifi/mesh networks/BLE) is a plus.
  • Basic mechanical design experience/familiarity with CAD software is a plus.

Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the hourly range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The hourly range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $25 - $40 USD

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.

Lunar Energy

Lunar exists to power homes around the world with endless clean energy. We believe that, provided with the right tools, a clean energy future is within reach. And to give people those tools, we’re building an ecosystem of all-electric products starting with a next-generation home battery system. Our Lunar System is a solar and battery product brilliantly designed to let you capture, store and use every ray of sunshine — day, night, and even during an outage. Every Lunar System comes with our AI-powered Gridshare software built in. This leading energy management platform controls any type of distributed energy resources (such as home batteries and EV chargers) to help homeowners maximize the value of their energy and optimize the wider power system. Recognizing our commitment and accomplishments, Forbes has named us one of America's Best Startup Employers for 2023. Want to help us shape the future of clean energy? We’re looking for passionate and talented candidates to join our team.
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