Intern, System Integration & Test Automation (Spring 2027)

The role

You will build and operate test infrastructure to validate grid-tied converters. This includes test bench design, test execution, data analysis, and building automated equipment and data workflows.

What you will do

• Design and build electrical reliability test benches for power electronics hardware.
• Specify, procure, and integrate lab equipment.
• Own the bench system design including grounding, measurement integrity, and protection strategy.
• Contribute to software test infrastructure for system integration and reliability testing.
• Write software tests that interact with hardware and firmware over CAN, UART, Modbus, and TCP/IP.
• Write concurrent, fault-tolerant software for manufacturing test platforms.
• Build AI agents that manage test execution across facilities.
• Translate test goals into test plans, stress profiles, and pass/fail criteria.
• Execute reliability campaigns such as burn-in, power cycling, and thermal stress.
• Drive debug loops to isolate, reproduce, and verify corrective actions.

Required qualifications

• Pursuing a BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, or operating electrical test setups for complex hardware.
• Comfort with bench power equipment and measurement methods: scopes, DMMs, power analyzers, electronic loads, DAQ, and sensors.
• Ability to design safe test systems for high-power hardware: interlocks, protection, grounding, and safe operating procedures.
• Strong debugging instincts and ability to drive root-cause closure with engineering partners.
• Programming experience in Python including instrument control or data automation.

Nice to have

• Power electronics experience for electrical test setups
• Experience with accelerated or environmental stress testing (HALT/HASS, thermal/humidity cycling, power cycling)
• Familiarity with failure mechanisms in power electronics and structured root cause/corrective action loops
• Experience designing repeatable test cells with drawings and instructions

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to de-bottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions.