11 hardware engineering intern jobs at 9 companies in Lake Forest, CA
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Summer 2027 Intern - Hardware Engineering
Colorado Springs or Irvine or Longmont or Fremont or Rochester or San Jose
$34-$47/hrHybridInternship
Western DigitalNASDAQ: WDC: Design and manufacture data storage devices and systems.
0+ YOEEarly-career candidates pursuing or holding technical degrees in engineering or related fields; experience via coursework, internships, projects; familiarity with programming, embedded systems, digital logic, or hardware design; strong analytical and communication skills.
Virtium: Designs and manufactures industrial-grade storage and memory modules.
Current college student in engineering, computer science, embedded systems, or related field with basic hardware concepts, analytical and documentation skills, and U.S. work authorization.
GITAI: Developing autonomous robotic systems for labor in space.
1+ YOECurrently enrolled in a relevant bachelor’s or master’s program;1+ year hands-on student engineering project experience;experience taking hardware through design, fabrication, assembly, and test;3D CAD proficiency;U.S. work authorization and U.S. citizenship or equivalent for export-controlled work.
Second Order Effects: Engineering firm designing and building custom electronics and systems.
Current college enrollment in EE/CS/Physics/Math, foundational circuits coursework, familiarity with a programming or HDL language, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and hands-on interest in hardware development.
Mechanical Engineering Intern / Co-op, Rocket Motors - Fall 2026
Torrance or Los Angeles or Mojave
$25-$40/hrOnsiteMultiple Commitments Available
GITAI: Developing autonomous robotic systems for labor in space.
1+ YOECurrently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's engineering program, with 1+ year of hands-on student engineering projects, hardware development experience, 3D CAD and drawing skills, and U.S. work authorization.
Irvine or Palo Alto or Redmond or Bastrop or Cape Canaveral or Hawthorne or McGregor or Brownsville or Memphis
$30-$40/hrOnsiteInternship
SpaceX: Designs and launches advanced rockets and satellite internet constellations.
0.25+ YOEMust be enrolled in a bachelor's or graduate program, 3+ months software/hardware/chip experience, U.S. eligibility per ITAR, able to work onsite full time for ≥12 weeks starting Jan or Mar 2027.
SpaceX: Designs and launches advanced rockets and satellite internet constellations.
0.25+ YOEMust be enrolled in a bachelor’s or graduate program,3+ months relevant software/hardware/chip development experience,US work-authorization per ITAR,able to work onsite full-time for ≥12 consecutive weeks beginning May/June 2027.
Parallel Systems: Building autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles for freight transportation.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree,4+ years embedded/firmware experience,strong Linux internals and driver development on ARM,proficiency in Rust and C++,experience with NVIDIA Jetson/Tegra and high-throughput sensors,hardware/software debugging.
Relativity Space: Designing and manufacturing 3D-printed rockets and launch vehicles.
5+ YOE5+ years kernel/driver development experience (PCI/PCIe, block storage), strong Linux internals and storage systems (ZFS/OpenZFS, NVMe, NFS), experience with fault injection and reliability modeling, hardware lab prototyping.