Hardware Engineering Intern

Base Power Company • Austin, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

At Base, we’re building the future of residential energy. Our unique battery, power inverter, and interconnection systems are designed from the ground up to deliver affordable, reliable, and resilient power to households that are underserved by today’s aging and overloaded electrical grid. Unlike conventional energy storage solutions that cost 5–10x more, our vertically integrated approach allows us to deliver larger, more powerful batteries at a fraction of the price. We’re combining innovative hardware, clever business models, and local manufacturing to get this product in the hands of real people–fast. As a Hardware Engineering Intern, you'll be hands-on with every phase of product development–from early prototyping to production support. You'll work alongside experienced engineers in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, solving challenging problems in mechanical and electrical design for cutting-edge batteries, inverters, and microgrid interconnection devices. You’ll learn by doing–and what you do will ship.

Requirements

• Current junior or senior in an undergraduate program, or a graduate student, in Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of electrical or mechanical engineering fundamentals (depending on focus).
• Passion for hands-on hardware development and building things that work in the real world.
• Curious, self-motivated, and eager to work on hard problems with real-world impact.

Nice To Haves

• For mechanical focus: experience with CAD design (e.g., SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar) is a plus.
• For electrical focus: familiarity with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., KiCad, Altium) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior engineers to design, simulate, build, and test electrical and mechanical systems.
• Participate in hands-on prototyping, debugging, and iterative testing of early- and late-stage hardware.
• Support both R&D and production efforts–from first breadboard to high-volume manufacturing.
• Help diagnose and solve real-world performance, thermal, and integration issues.
• Contribute to system documentation, test procedures, and design reviews.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern