Summer 2027 Internship - Embedded Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of safety-critical embedded software that powers General Matter's industrial systems with reliability and precision.
• Help build low-level firmware in C/C++, Rust, and/or PLCs to control electromechanical actuators, process high-speed sensor data, and execute fault-tolerant control logic.
• Support the design of control architectures, state machines, and data acquisition systems for mission-critical hardware.
• Contribute to automated build, test, and validation infrastructure for embedded software.
• Partner closely with hardware, electrical, and controls engineers to bring up new systems, integrate firmware with hardware, and troubleshoot electromechanical challenges.
• Assist with debugging real-world embedded systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other laboratory instrumentation.
• Support integrated system testing and commissioning of embedded software running on production equipment.
• Basic Qualifications
• Current undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar discipline.
• Development experience in C, C++, Golang, Python, or Rust.
• General understanding of embedded or low-level systems development.
• Collaborative team member who thrives in fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments and is eager to learn.
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.