Heron Power
Intern, System Integration & Test Automation (Spring 2027)
Scotts Valley · On-site · Internship · Posted May 11, 2026
- Education
- Pursuing a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
About the job
Build and operate automated test infrastructure to validate grid-tied power converters, from test-bench design and test execution through failure analysis and verification of fixes.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and integrate electrical reliability test benches, instrumentation, and safety systems.
- Develop hardware- and firmware-interacting test software and automated manufacturing test workflows, including AI agents for test execution.
- Plan and run reliability campaigns, analyze failures, and verify corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Pursuing a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, or operating electrical test setups for complex hardware.
- Comfort with bench power equipment and measurement methods, and ability to design safe test systems for high-power hardware.
- Programming experience in Python, including instrument control or data automation.
Nice to have
- Experience with accelerated or environmental stress testing, such as HALT/HASS, thermal/humidity cycling, or power cycling.
- Familiarity with power-electronics failure mechanisms, structured root-cause/corrective-action loops, or repeatable test-cell design.
Tools
CAN, UART, Modbus, TCP/IP, Python, DAQ
AI focus
Build AI agents to manage test execution across facilities, monitor anomalies, implement test-script and firmware changes in response to failures, and route issues to humans.
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