Intern - Infrared Imaging & Algorithms

Magna International • Goleta, CA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Transforming mobility. Making automotive technology that is smarter, cleaner, safer and lighter. That’s what we’re passionate about at Magna Electronics, and we do it by creating world-class Electronic systems. We are a premier supplier for the global automotive industry with full capabilities in design, development, testing and manufacturing of complex Electronic systems. Our name stands for quality, environmental consciousness, and safety. Innovation is what drives us and we drive innovation. Dream big and create the future of mobility at Magna Electronics. Magna’s thermal technologies are shaping an autonomous future and improving lives. As part of the Core Thermal Sensing team, the student intern will assist the systems and software team in the development and testing of Thermal Sensing algorithms related to Pedestrian and Animal detections for creating safer automobile systems.

Requirements

• Must be eligible under the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to support Magna Electronics' thermal camera product line
• Experience programming in at least one of these: Python, MATLAB, C/C++.
• Basic comfort working with code, data, and experiments.
• Interest in hands on technical work involving real hardware and real datasets.
• Ability to work on site in Goleta, California, for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science, Math, or a related technical field.
• At least one year of relevant coursework or project experience.
• Experience with programming or scripting (Python, MATLAB, C/C++ or similar).
• Comfort working with data, plots, or numerical results.
• Interest in physics‑based systems, sensors, or imaging.
• Familiarity with basic statistics, signal processing, or mathematical modeling.
• Experience with course projects, labs, or independent technical work.
• Curiosity about how real systems behave outside textbook assumptions.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information professionally.

Responsibilities

• Analyze infrared image data to understand noise, drift, stability, or other behaviors.
• Build small scripts or tools to visualize and explore system behavior.
• Develop metrics or simple models that help explain what the sensor is doing.
• Design and run focused investigations of specific technical phenomena.
• Summarize findings using plots, short writeups, or demo notebooks.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers across disciplines.
• Support and participate in Demo activities in Vehicle and Bench.
• Own one primary investigation and present results in a capstone demo at the end of the internship.

Benefits

• engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies
• invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed
• exciting, varied responsibilities
• wide range of development prospects
• career path should be as unique as you are
• Magna believes that a diverse workforce is critical to our success
• equal opportunity employer
• hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees