Inversion Space
Avionics Embedded Software Engineer - Summer Internship 2027
Playa Vista, California, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ months of applied engineering experience; internship, laboratory, and personal/team project experience is applicable.
- Education
- Enrolled in a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree program in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, to comply with ITAR.
About the job
Supports development, integration, testing, and debugging of embedded flight software and firmware for reentry vehicles, including direct work with avionics hardware.
What you'll do
- Develop, integrate, test, and debug flight software, firmware, drivers, and hardware interfaces.
- Support board bring-up, subsystem integration, and software validation using laboratory and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
- Automate tests, investigate failures, and document software behavior and verification results.
What they ask for
- Must be enrolled in a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate program in a listed or related engineering discipline.
- GPA of 3.0 or above.
- 3+ months of applied engineering experience; internship, laboratory, or personal/team project experience is applicable.
- Coursework or project experience in embedded or related disciplines; programming experience in C or C++; and experience developing software for embedded or similar hardware.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with an RTOS such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS, embedded Linux, device drivers, or low-level hardware interfaces.
- Experience with embedded debugging, board bring-up, automated testing, Python, or relevant engineering projects.
Pay
$38-$41 USD base hourly rate
Tools
C, C++, RTOS, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, Python, SPI, I2C
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