Residencies at SandboxAQ

If you’re an undergraduate student in STEM ready to bring the new AI + Quantum era to the world, consider joining our residency program at SandboxAQ.

We are currently looking for undergraduate students in a wide variety of STEM fields — physics, computer science, AI, neuroscience, chemistry, cryptography, mathematics/statistics, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, geophysics, and more — to join our world-class team of engineers, scientists and technologists.

Prototyping Engineer Intern

The SandboxAQ Quantum Sensing team deploys state-of-the-art hardware to expand capabilities in medical diagnosis, GPS-free navigation, and autonomous vehicles. We are looking for a Prototyping Engineer Intern to join our dynamic team! The successful candidate will contribute to our rapid product prototype iterations as we assemble, code, test, validate, and deploy sensor data acquisition systems. They will work closely with Engineers/Scientists that are developing machine-learning models and AI software applications based on the novel data from these sensor systems.  

Typical things you may do:

• Deploy prototype sensor hardware in relevant environments.
• Design, assemble, and run prototype hardware through validation experiments.
• Capture and analyze readings from sensors (this may be over serial, Ethernet, or lower level protocols such as SPI/I2C).
• Identify data transfer and embedded system power requirements for sensor telemetry.
• Design and build test stations for characterizing thermal, acoustic, and vibration performance limits of quantum sensor systems.
• Write high level Python code that starts/stops data capture from a GUI.
• Collect large data sets to empower downstream machine learning.

What you should have:

• Experience assembling prototype hardware.
• Python fluency.
• Eagerness to iterate on real hardware quickly, one feature at a time.
• Ability to read circuit diagrams and understand power and data transfer.
• Familiarity with Linux systems.
• Ability to work closely and communicate clearly with other team members.

It would also be nice if you had these:

• Experience with field testing.
• Understanding of power requirements and ability to determine power needs of prototype and ability to spec out appropriate power systems.
• Proficiency in designing and/or fabricating custom mechanical parts and fixtures.
• Proficiency in writing embedded code and interfacing with lower level protocols such as SPI, I2C, serial, etc.
• Proficiency in writing GUIs (PyQT or similar) for visualizing and controlling data from embedded prototype hardware.
• Proficiency in making cables, soldering, and ability to design schematics.
• Proficiency in threaded programming.
• Proficiency in applying ML/AI/data science to data

Details:

• Location: Onsite in SF Bay, CA
• Start date: Year-round, on a rolling basis
• Duration: Flexible, typically between 4 months to one year
• Eligibility:

• • Currently enrolled in a STEM program: math, computer science, engineering, physics, or related field. 
  • Proficiency with at least one programming language (Python, C/C++, Matlab, etc.)
• For questions, email [email protected]

What to Expect

• Work on a technical project with scientists and engineers on one of our core teams
• Engagement with fellow interns
• Competitive compensation
• Present findings to the rest of SandboxAQ
• Have fun!