Hardware R&D & Manufacturing
/Learn at the frontier
Hardware Intern — Firmware
Firmware Internship
Engagement
Internship
Full-time and on-site at our campus. Structured, hands-on mentorship. Remote only in rare, pre-approved cases.
Scope of role
Contribute to live projects. Shadow senior practitioners. Build a portfolio that matters.
Please note this is an unpaid internship — the offer is real work, mentorship and experience at the frontier, not a stipend.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
3 months on the firmware team. Own a driver, sensor integration, or test harness. Real embedded engineering paired with the Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Own a scoped firmware deliverable in 3 months.
- 02 Lab + bring-up work.
- 03 Author a technical report at the level the team would publish.
- 04 Pair daily with Senior firmware engineers.
- 05 Present findings at end-of-internship review.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → You have written firmware that ran on a real microcontroller in a project you can describe.
- → You have debugged with an oscilloscope or logic analyser at least once on a real bug.
- → You read datasheets carefully and you can describe a constraint that bit you.
- → You write commit messages another firmware engineer can read.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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