The board
- Where
- Berkeley
- Posted
- Sep 26
Company Description
Backed by leading climate and American dynamism investors, Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods and sea-level rise.
Our mission is to preserve the built environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance. Our work supports climate resilience, disaster recovery, and defense across the United States and beyond.
We’re assembling a world-class team that wants to work on something real, physical, and civilization-scale. If you want your work to reshape the world (literally), this is the place to do it.
What to to Expect
Terranova seeks a embedded systems engineering intern for Spring 2027 to join our core engineering team.
What you'd do
- Own aspects of electrical design, firmware, controls integration, and PCB design
- Develop and debug embedded firmware in C/C++ for STM32/ESP32/RP2040 or similar
- Design and review mixed-signal PCBs using KiCad/Altium.
- Integrate sensors, radios, and power electronics with reliable, low-latency interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN).
- Characterize and optimize power budgets, EMI performance, and manufacturability.
- Bring-up, test, and validate hardware prototypes through DFM/DFT cycles.
- Support system integration and field debugging of deployed robotic platforms.
- Understand high power systems (150+ kW) and ensure safe design
- Collaborate closely with electrical, controls, and field teams to deliver integrated, field-ready systems
- Drive failure analysis, testing, and iterative improvement based on real-world data
What you get
- $25-35/hr + relocation + company perks
- Spring Internship from January-May depending on your school schedule