Electrical Engineering Internship

The role

We are looking for engineering interns to work directly on our two core products: optical terminals for space-based laser communications and the networking service that connects satellites into a space network.

By the end of this internship, you will have worked on something that either goes to space (if working on hardware or embedded firmware/software) or pushes forward the technical capability of our internal network and node simulation.

Your specific project will depend on your background and where Ephemeris Net’s needs are sharpest when you start. We will match you to a project that is both meaningful to the company and a strong learning opportunity for you.

Upcoming intern projects include:

• Design and implement optical transceiver FPGA firmware

• Buildaspacenetwork simulator

• Design and fabricate test fixtures or mechanical subsystems for optical terminal prototypes or their test fixtures

• Buildhigh speed optoelectroniccommunicationtest equipment

• Write embedded flight software

• How optical terminals work: from photonics and beam steering to link acquisition and tracking

• How space networking differs from terrestrial networking: delay, disruption, orbital dynamics, and protocol design

• How to take a technical project from various startstages toend stages:from scoping through implementation to integration with a production system

• Howto interactwithprofessionalsas partofa small, focused engineering teamthatships hardware and software for space

• Demonstrated ability to build things: personal projects, research, coursework, or prior internships where you wrote code, designed hardware, or ran experiments that produced tangible results

• Strong fundamentals in at least one of: embedded systems and FPGA development, software engineering (C, C++, Python, or Rust), optical or mechanical design,electrical engineering,information theory,or networking and simulation

• Ability to work on-site in El Segundo, CA or Oakland, CA for a minimum of 3 months, 3 days a week

• Must be a US person(15 CFR § 772.1)

• Prior experience with FPGA development (Verilog, VHDL, orSystemVerilog)

• Familiarity with optical systems, laser communications, or free-space optics

• Experience with network simulation tools or protocol design

• Exposure to space systems engineering, orbital mechanics, or flight software

• Experience with CAD tools (Solid Works, NX) or PCB design (Altium,KiCad)

• You will be assigned a mentor who worksonthe product area closest to your project. You will have regular check-ins and direct access to them for technical guidance.

• Before you start, we willmeet to understand your strengths and growth goals andcome up witha project for you.

• You are expected to scope your project, execute, and present your results to the team at the end of the internship.

• Salary: $70,400 annual salary, prorated for length of internship
• Comprehensive health care coverage

• On-site, 3 days a week minimum: you will work alongside the engineering team in the office and lab. Space hardware development requires hands-on presence.
• Small team environment with direct access to founders and senior engineers
• Your work will be on production systems, not a side project

• Build something that goes to space:
  If you work on hardware or embedded systems, your contribution will fly on orbit. If you work on networking, your simulation will inform the architecture of a constellation-scale network.
• Work at the frontier of space networking:
  Ephemeris Net is building infrastructure that does not exist yet, which is rare for greenfield networking work.

Ephemeris Net’s vision is…