Firmware Engineering Intern
About The Position
At Base, we’re building the operating system for American power — and firmware is where power meets code. Our firmware runs on the hardware installed on real homes, making millisecond-level decisions that keep our fleet stable, responsive, and resilient. It’s the layer that balances the grid, protects the hardware, and keeps the lights on when things go wrong. As a Firmware Engineering Intern, you won’t just observe how these systems work, you’ll help build them. You’ll contribute to the low-level software that powers our devices, gain hands-on experience with embedded systems, and solve problems that directly impact real customers and real power flows. This is an opportunity to work on one of the rare systems where code you write interacts with physical hardware, live power, and the real grid. This is where reliability and precision truly matter.
Requirements
- A solid understanding of C/C++, embedded systems concepts, and basic computer architecture.
- Experience from coursework, side projects, or prior internships involving microcontrollers, RTOS, sensor integration, robotics, or other embedded systems.
- Interest in how real systems behave — timing diagrams, interrupts, oscilloscopes, and debugging actual hardware.
- Clear, concise communicator who thrives in collaborative, fast-paced environments.
- Builder’s mindset: curious, self-directed, and eager to work on problems that actually matter.
Responsibilities
- Build Core Firmware: Design, implement, and test firmware in C/C++ running on bare-metal, RTOS-based, and Embedded Linux systems.
- Work Close to the Hardware: Develop and debug device drivers, communication interfaces, and low-level system behavior. Learn to read schematics, interpret datasheets, and understand how software interacts with real circuits.
- Ship Under Real-World Constraints: Write code that must be reliable, deterministic, and safe. Where timing matters, where failures have physical consequences, and where simplicity is often the best engineering strategy.
- Work Across Domains: Work with hardware engineers, power electronics engineers, and other software teams to solve integration challenges and deliver robust system behavior.
Benefits
- Interns at Base work on the same codebases as full-time engineers -- no “toy projects”. You’ll learn from a team that’s built and scaled complex systems across energy, aerospace, and hardware industries. You’ll see your work go live, powering homes, helping us enter new markets, and directly shaping the future of the grid.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
