Short-Term Firmware Intern

About the Role

Eight Sleep is seeking a student or recent graduate intern to join their field team. This role involves working on multiple parts of the system, building and deploying prototypes to users, running critical tests, and supporting failure analysis in hardware-software integrated systems. This is a 6-8 week on-site internship in one of five US cities: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, or Washington, DC. Preference will be given to candidates available to start as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and test complex electromechanical systems for a new product, including sensors, pumps, and electronics.
• Collaborate with the product team to deploy systems to real users.
• Collaborate with sensor, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to review sensor data and field feedback, identify root causes of issues, and determine corrective actions.
• Reproduce and characterize failure cases on the bench to confirm root cause and validate that corrective actions hold.
• Track and report findings from troubleshooting to the engineering and product team.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Engineering background with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems.
• Experience with hands-on prototyping of mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience using lab and diagnostic tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and command-line utilities to characterize and debug hardware-firmware systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to occasionally lift or push up to 50 lbs as needed.
• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., Claude) for debugging, scripting, or documentation is a plus.

Qualifications

• BS or expected BS in engineering or equivalent.
• MS preferred.