Span is hiring a
Device Software Engineering Internship

Summary

The job is an internship on the Device Software team at SPAN, a climate-focused company in San Francisco. The intern will work on projects such as writing software for profiling, tools for exploring communication protocols, and improving user-facing features. The intern must be enrolled in college or university and have experience with C, Python, or Rust.

Requirements

• The candidate is working towards a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• The candidate is excited to learn and grow in a cooperative team environment, working on robust solutions to complex problems
• The candidate has experience writing software in one or more of C, C++, Python, or Rust, with well-established computer science fundamentals and experience with modern development processes
• The candidate is interested in writing application-level software that runs on a hardware device (in Linux and/or on a microcontroller)

Responsibilities

During the internship, the candidate might work on projects such as writing a profiling library, a tool for exploring communication protocols, learning Rust, improving user-facing features, characterizing solar equipment behavior, etc

Benefits

• The internship offers a great opportunity to begin a career at a mission-driven climate-focused company
• The compensation is competitive and the office space is comfortable, sunny, and located near public transit
• There is a strong focus on team-building and company culture with events, meet-ups, and clubs