Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Antares•Los Angeles, CA

7d•$36 - $36•Onsite

About The Position

Internships at Antares are anything but ordinary. You'll work alongside our team as we design, build, and test fission microreactors built to deliver reliable energy for critical missions on Earth, in space, and underwater. Our interns contribute to real work from day one. Depending on your role, you may touch hardware, write and test software, support manufacturing and operations, or help build the systems that allow Antares to move quickly as we scale. You'll work alongside engineers, operators, and other experts solving challenging problems—and you'll leave your internship with hands-on experience that's difficult to find anywhere else. We work hard, move quickly, and take pride in what we're building. If you're excited to learn by doing and want to contribute to the next generation of nuclear energy, we'd love to have you join us next summer. We will be running two separate cohorts to accommodate students on both semester and quarter schedules: Cohort #1 Monday, May 17 – Friday, August 13 Cohort #2 Monday, June 14 – Friday, September 10 All internship roles are based at our Torrance headquarters and require interns to work onsite five days per week. We will not be considering candidates for remote or hybrid arrangements. Interns will receive a relocation and housing stipend as part of their offer package.

Requirements

Enrolled in at least a bachelor’s degree program, and going into your Junior or Senior year of studies
Must have prior internship experience, or significant (>1yr) project team, laboratory, or research experience

Nice To Haves

GPA of 3.5 or above
Experience developing, debugging, or testing embedded software
Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing or other hands-on software/hardware integration and validation
Experience with software instrumentation, telemetry, or system monitoring
Experience with HMI and/or Grafana
Experience in a University club or organization, leadership role preferred
Strong interpersonal and technical communication skills (examples: leading a student project team, presenting research at conferences, etc.)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
Ability to work cross-departmentally with different groups and teams
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
Ability to work independently and in a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively

Responsibilities

Support the development, debugging, and testing of embedded software, including hardware interfaces, diagnostic capabilities, automated testing, and development tools.
Perform hands-on testing and validation of hardware-in-the-loop environments, executing test procedures and evaluating system behavior against expected results.
Reproduce and investigate software and hardware-in-the-loop failures, document results, and help identify the source of unexpected system behavior.
Improve test coverage and validation processes based on findings from hands-on system testing.
Improve system telemetry from source to destination by instrumenting software components and routing and validating telemetry data.
Integrate system signals into HMI and Grafana so system health and behavior are consistently available for monitoring and troubleshooting.