Reliability and Test Internship

Test engineers at Lunar Energy will be responsible for ensuring the validation of the product throughout the entire lifecycle of our revolutionary home energy products. As an intern, you will support these activities and will be expected to own/execute projects from beginning to end with mentorship. 

On a given day at Lunar, you’ll likely…

• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers across the company to execute the various tests outlined in design validation plans. 
• Develop detailed instrumentation maps highlighting sensor and data acquisition needs.
• Design and build test fixtures and support equipment.
• Develop test scripts to automate exercising test articles as intended during the test.
• Collaborate with technicians to get test articles and data acquisition systems prepared for test execution.
• Process and analyze test data using various software tools to validate system performance.
• Share and present test results with detailed test reports and documentation.
• In the event of test failures, participate in failure or root cause analysis and help drive countermeasure identification and validation. 
• Maintain and contribute to a clean, safe, and organized laboratory.
  

Desired Skills:

• Recommended:
• Experience with 3D CAD software (Solidworks, NX, CATIA…etc) and mechanical design. 
• Experience with basic electrical circuits, wiring and troubleshooting  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Leadership or project management experience, working cross functionally in project based settings is a bonus.  
• Completed or in the middle of completing coursework in the following classes or roughly equivalent versions:
• Mechanics of Materials
• Electrical Circuits/Mechatronics
• Introduction to Programming
• Heat Transfer, Fluids or Thermodynamics
• Nice to have:
• Experience in sensor specification, using data acquisition equipment and software (NI cDAQ or PXI preferred, but not required) 
• Previous test engineering experience in environmental and durability testing 
• Experience using programming languages such as Python, MATLAB or LabVIEW. 

About Lunar Energy

Lunar Energy was founded to make energy cleaner, safer, and more reliable. We build products for home electrification to move the world towards 100% clean energy. We are a team of builders and doers. We are challenging the status quo and bringing a renewable, all-electric future for homes. Join us in building a future of better energy!