Atoms
Electrical Engineering Intern
San Francisco, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Education
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
About the job
Supports senior hardware engineers in designing, validating, integrating, and troubleshooting electronics for on-road autonomous transport vehicles.
What you'll do
- Support custom PCB and carrier-board design for vehicle compute, sensors, GPS, and actuation systems.
- Assist with debugging vehicle communication protocols and developing hardware tests and fixtures.
- Help with vehicle bring-up, fleet installations, and on-site hardware troubleshooting.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Solid foundation in circuit design, analog/digital fundamentals, and basic embedded systems logic.
- Practical experience with PCB design tools and bench equipment through lab work, student teams, or personal projects.
- Familiarity or coursework covering CAN, SPI, I2C, or UART.
Pay
$50.00 per hour (base salary)
Tools
Altium, KiCad, Eagle, CAN, CAN FD, Ethernet, SPI, I2C
AI focus
Supports autonomous transport platforms; the posting describes Atoms’ broader work as building Physical AI, but does not specify AI development duties for this internship.
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