Summer 2027 Internship- Software Engineering
Pacific Fusion7 hours ago
Fremont, CA, USA or San Leandro, CA, USAIntern
Base Salary
$30 - $48/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve web-based user interfaces for system status, health monitoring, facility configuration, alerts, events, and diagnostics.
- Assist in building backend services for real-time and historical facility data, configuration, metadata, and system state.
- Integrate UI applications, backend APIs, controls systems, facility systems, and data pipelines.
- Write maintainable code, participate in code reviews, and help test, debug, and validate software used in live environments.
Requirements
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; junior, senior, or graduate students are preferred.
- Coursework or experience in software development fundamentals and web or backend programming.
- Familiarity with TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, or Python.
- Basic understanding of client-server applications, APIs, data flow, and SQL or NoSQL databases.
- Able to work full time onsite for at least 12 consecutive weeks beginning between mid-May and mid-June 2027.
- Bonus qualifications include React or other modern UI frameworks, REST or event-based APIs, Git, Docker, time-series or telemetry data, industrial systems, automation, controls, data visualization, MATLAB, CAD software, or Excel.
- Six or more months of prior internship, co-op, or extracurricular academic project experience and a GPA of 3.5 or above are additional bonus qualifications.
Benefits
- At least 12 consecutive weeks of full-time onsite work beginning between mid-May and mid-June 2027.
- Mentorship from experienced engineering professionals and exposure to the full product development lifecycle.
- Daily catered lunch, unlimited snacks, and a collaborative learning-focused environment.
- Eligible employees receive equity, 6% employer 401(k) matching, paid time off, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Tech Stack
About Pacific Fusion
Pacific Fusion develops pulser-driven inertial fusion systems designed to achieve net facility gain and, ultimately, deliver commercial baseload power. The privately held company, founded in 2023 and based in Fremont, California, is building the core pulsed-power hardware and other components needed for affordable fusion plants, targeting net facility gain by 2030. Likely customers include utilities and large power users seeking zero‑carbon electricity at grid scale.