Electrical Test Engineering Co-op January- June 2025

4 months ago
Internship
In-person · San Francisco, CA, US... more

Our Mission  

SPAN is enabling electrification for all

SPAN is mission-driven to design, build, and deploy products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change.

  • Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.

  • Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.

At SPAN, we believe in:

  • Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy

  • Making electrification upgrades possible

  • Building more resilient homes with reliable backup

  • Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid

The Role

The SPAN manufacturing team is made of experienced, passionate people with expertise in electronics, mechanisms, energy systems, new product introduction, and test automation. We are seeking a passionate electrical engineering student to join the manufacturing engineering team of SPAN. As an electrical engineering co-op, you will apply your knowledge of electronics to assist SPAN's new product introduction, testing, and manufacturing efforts.

The engineering challenges we face at SPAN apply to various industries, with engineering challenges similar to climate tech, consumer electronics, and construction industries. Compared to other climate tech companies, SPAN offers the ability to work on a project that is out of the “science phase” and in the engineering execution phase, so you will be working to deliver from prototype to product. 

 In this role, you will:

  • Work closely with hardware design engineers to develop electrical functional tests to help bring-up and debug prototype designs and systems.
  • Perform Design for Test and feedback those results to hardware design engineers to ensure our products can meet functional test requirements.
  • Create test specifications for circuit board assemblies, sub-system assemblies, and final assemblies.
  • Architecture test systems such as selecting appropriate fixture vendor for fabrication, and design the appropriate electronics necessary to meet test requirements.
  • Write the software necessary to control and automate the test equipment.
  • Write the software necessary to perform manufacturing tests per test requirements.
  • Integrate, checkout, and validate test equipment for transfer to manufacturing partners.
  • Produce all necessary technical documentation such as wiring diagrams and assembly drawings for those test systems to be released into our PLM system.
  • Have the opportunity to learn about and develop tests for printed circuit board assemblies with relay controls, power electronics & metering, mixed analog and digital design, sensors, and various communication protocols.

About You

Required Qualifications

We are seeking an electrical engineer who is:

  • Working towards a graduate level degree (M.S., Ph.D) in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • Fundamental knowledge of electrical engineering and circuit theories.
  • Passionate about renewable energy and energy storage!
  • Self-motivated, independent and have an eagerness to learn and work as a team, and a desire to thrive in a very fast paced environment!
  • Ability to analyze problems and derive thoughtful solutions by working with your team members.
  • Basic understanding and experience with oscilloscopes, programmable power supplies, and multimeters.
  • Basic knowledge of Altium Designer.
  • Basic coding with Python.

Bonus Qualifications

We would love to hire someone who has:

  • Prior electrical engineering internship and/or co-op experience.
  • Experience developing test specifications and test systems for solar or renewable energy applications.
  • Hands-on fabrication and integration experience for test fixtures, test kits, harnesses and other types of test peripherals.
  • Experience with developing graphical user interfaces, test equipment abstraction layers, test sequences, and test & manufacturing data analysis tools.

 

The co-op position has a duration of 6 months and will run from January- June 2025. Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited college or university, and have not graduated prior to end of the co-op term.

The hourly rate for this role is $35/hr for Masters or PhD students.

 

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen' approach to addressing complex challenges. 

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Great opportunity to begin your career at a mission driven climate focused company

⚡ Competitive compensation at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on team-building and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)

Interested in joining our team? Submit an application today and we’ll be in touch with next steps!