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Manufacturing Test Engineering Intern

Base Power · Austin, TX · On-site

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About Base Power

Base brings affordable, reliable energy and whole-home backup to homes across Texas — fixed low rates and battery backup that kicks in automatically. Backed by Lightspeed and a16z.

About the role

As a Manufacturing Test Engineering Intern, you'll get hands-on experience with the test systems that check every Base battery before it ships. You'll work alongside experienced test engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, supporting testers from first build through production. You'll learn by doing, and your work will directly affect how we deliver affordable energy at scale. Help build, wire, and set up automated test equipment for battery and inverter systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

More about this role

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.

As a Manufacturing Test Engineering Intern, you'll get hands-on experience with the test systems that check every Base battery before it ships. You'll work alongside experienced test engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, supporting testers from first build through production. You'll learn by doing, and your work will directly affect how we deliver affordable energy at scale.

Help build, wire, and set up automated test equipment for battery and inverter systems.

Support troubleshooting when a tester faults or a unit fails, and help track down the cause.

Run tests on prototype and production units, and log the results.

Pull data from test runs, then build simple charts and summaries that show where testers are slow or failing.

Help document tester setup, calibration steps, and work...

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Manufacturing (Operations & Engineering)

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