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Graduate Intern – Sensing, Signal Processing & Electronics Engineer
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Work directly with the founding team to develop novel sensing technologies for an environmental sensing and clean tech startup.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on sensing, instrumentation, electronics integration, and experimental measurement. You will help take sensing systems from laboratory experiments through to compact, self-contained field instruments.
The initial internship is for a fixed term of 2 months, starting immediately, with the potential to become a longer-term or permanent role subject to performance, project milestones, funding, and mutual fit.
Role Overview
We are looking for a hands-on engineer to support the development and validation of experimental sensing systems.
Initially, you will help build and operate laboratory setups using sensors, amplifiers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, DAQ hardware, and other instrumentation. You will help characterise signals, establish measurement parameters, troubleshoot noise and interference, and develop reliable data acquisition workflows.
As the technology develops, you will help translate these laboratory systems into bespoke, compact, field-deployable instruments. This could involve designing and prototyping custom PCBs, analogue front ends, embedded electronics, data logging, communications, and edge systems based on the signal characteristics established in the laboratory. In other words, you'll help take sensing systems from benchtop to field.
Responsibilities
- Set up, integrate, and commission laboratory sensing and measurement systems.
- Characterise sensors and measurement systems and establish relevant operating and signal parameters.
- Work with sensors, amplifiers, preamplifiers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and DAQ hardware.
- Investigate noise, grounding, interference, signal integrity, and other measurement issues.
- Develop and test analogue signal-conditioning electronics.
- Design, assemble, and prototype custom electronics and PCBs.
- Use platforms such as Red Pitaya for signal generation, data acquisition, triggering, and experimental control.
- Develop simple embedded systems for sensing, control, triggering, and data logging using platforms such as Raspberry Pi Pico or similar.
- Use Python for instrument control, data acquisition, logging, visualisation, and basic analysis.
- Translate laboratory measurement requirements into compact, application-specific electronics.
- Build, test, debug, and iterate battery-powered and field-deployable prototype systems.
- Document experimental procedures, hardware, software, and results.
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Desired Skills & Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates with a background in electrical/electronic engineering, sensing, instrumentation, embedded systems, applied physics, or a related field.
A bachelor’s degree in electrical & electronic engineering or a related discipline, combined with a relevant master's degree or equivalent practical experience, would be a strong fit. Relevant postgraduate study could include areas such as sensor systems, instrumentation, electronics, signal processing, or applied physics.
Useful experience includes:
- Analogue and digital electronics.
- Sensors, signal conditioning, amplifiers, and low-noise measurements.
- Laboratory instrumentation and experimental measurement.
- PCB design or prototyping.
- Microcontrollers and basic embedded programming.
- DAQ systems and/or Red Pitaya.
- Digital interfaces such as I²C, SPI, and UART.
- Python for instrumentation, data acquisition, and visualisation.
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Experience in RF, ultrasonics, acoustics, experimental physics, scientific instrumentation, or battery-powered/field-deployed systems would be advantageous but is not essential. You do not need experience across all of these areas. We are looking for someone with a strong technical foundation who enjoys working with hardware and can learn quickly.
What Matters Most
This is a hands-on role where you will help build things and investigate problems directly.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Curious and practical.
- Interested in how sensors and measurement systems actually work.
- Comfortable working across electronics, instrumentation, and some software.
- Systematic when debugging hardware and experimental problems.
- Comfortable prototyping and iterating.
- Able to work independently and take ownership of problems.
- Excited by the challenge of turning experimental sensing systems into reliable instruments.
Relevant experience could come from university laboratory work, personal projects, PCB/electronics projects, robotics, research projects, or other practical experience. Curiosity, initiative, and practical ability matter more to us than experience with any particular piece of hardware.
Internship & Future Opportunities
This is a full-time, two-month internship working directly with the founding team during an important development and validation phase of the company's technology.
Outstanding performance may lead to an opportunity for a longer-term or permanent role, subject to individual performance, project milestones, company funding, and mutual fit.
This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging sensing problems and help take technology from laboratory concept to working field instrument.
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