Electronic Systems Engineering Intern - Chemix, Inc.

Chemix is seeking a highly-motivated in-person electronic systems engineering intern to help develop and expand our AI driven lab automation platform supporting our autonomous battery materials discovery and optimization.

Better batteries are a critical piece of humanity's transition to sustainable energy. As an electrical engineering intern at Chemix, you will contribute to our mission by building and maintaining the electronic hardware and software that enables streamlined data acquisition and lab automation. You'll make a fundamental contribution to developing the batteries that will power the electrification revolution in transportation and beyond.

As an early intern at a fast-moving startup, we expect you to quickly and creatively solve all kinds of technical problems, including those beyond your core expertise. An ideal candidate is able to learn quickly, is eager to stretch their knowledge of electronic hardware and software development, takes pride in the quality of their work, and wants to make a real impact in energy storage technologies for electric transportation.

Please note:

• This is an on-site position at our Sunnyvale, California location, and not a remote internship.
• The role focuses on developing systems for acquiring and processing digital and analog signals.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain our data acquisition systems for various types of laboratory data and use cases
• Maintain and expand the codebases of our internal python libraries for lab telemetry, IoT, and machine vision applications
• Implement new data acquisition infrastructure as needed to facilitate our expanding needs
• Enforce good design patterns, principles, and practices throughout our codebase and hardware selection
• Interface with our machine learning research staff, data engineers, as well as battery engineers and lab technicians to understand our software and data use cases, and design and implement solutions
• Inform the optimization of the R&D process that generates our data

Requirements

• Currently completing BS or MS degree in computer science/engineering, electrical engineering, or, currently completing BS or MS degree in the physical or chemical sciences, combined with substantial software and/or signal processing experience (including python)

• Experience with a multitude of languages and language paradigms, especially statically typed, e.g. C/C++, Java, Rust, Scala, or TypeScript
• Comprehensive knowledge of design patterns and experience writing flexible, maintainable software
• Expertise in object-oriented software development
• Experience with the python data stack, e.g. pandas, numpy, scipy
• Experience with software dev-ops: git, testing, CI/CD
• Clear communication and good people skills
• Strong organization and ability to manage parallel projects

Nice to have:

• Experience with developing for RaspberryPi and/or Arduino hardware
• Experience capturing and processing analog sensor data in noisy environments
• Experience with cloud web services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc.), databases, and Docker
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools, e.g. Dagster, Airflow, Prefect, Luigi
• Public contributions to open source projects
• Previous experience with message queues and/or pub sub architectures
• Previous experience with manufacturing and IoT data
• Previous experience with batteries and battery data
• Familiarity with experimental chemistry and materials science
• High GPA

Benefits

• Free snacks and drinks
• Fun, collegial startup culture
• Competitive pay