Base
Energy
FirmwareEngineeringIntern
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“Firmware Engineering Intern at Base. Skills: Firmware, C/C++, Embedded Systems, Hardware. Build core firmware. Design firmware”
What You'll Achieve.
Ship code that affects real members; Keep the fleet stable; Balance the grid; Protect the hardware; Keep the lights on; Deliver robust end-to-end behavior; Shape how Base enters new markets
Industry & Context.
Solve integration problems
Work in-person
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
C/C++, embedded systems concepts, basic computer architecture, microcontrollers, RTOS, sensor integration, robotics, power electronics, embedded systems, Timing diagrams, interrupts, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debugging actual hardware
What You'll Do.
Develop device drivers
Develop communication interfaces
Debug communication interfaces
Develop low-level system behavior
Debug low-level system behavior
Build fleet-critical systems
Write deterministic code
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with hardware engineers; Collaborate with power electronics engineers; Collaborate with platform software engineers
Communication Scope
Clear communicator; Concise communicator
Full Job Description
ABOUT BASE Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time. ABOUT THE ROLE At Base, we're building America's next-generation power company. Firmware is the layer where our software meets the hardware sitting on real homes, making millisecond-level decisions that keep the fleet stable, balance the grid, protect the hardware, and keep the lights on when things go wrong. As a firmware engineering intern, you won't just observe how these systems work. You'll help build them. You'll contribute to the low-level software running on our batteries and inverters, get hands-on experience with embedded systems, and ship code that affects real members and real power flows. This is one of the few places where the code you write moves electrons through actual hardware on the live grid. Reliability and precision aren't abstract here. They show up in whether someone's lights stay on. What You'll Do - Build core firmware. Design, implement, and test firmware in C/C++ on bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux systems running across our fleet. - Work close to the hardware. Develop and debug device drivers, communication interfaces, and low-level system behavior. Read schematics, interpret datasheets, and learn how software interacts with real circuits, sensors, and power electronics. - Contribute to fleet-critical systems. Help build the pieces that keep thousands of homes running, high-rate telemetry, automated fault detection and response, reliable communications on unreliable networks, fast commissioning, and grid-balancing control loops. - Ship under real-world constraints. Write code that has to be reliable, deterministic, and safe. Timing matters. Failures
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