Intern - Mechanical Engineering, Power Systems

Lightship

San Francisco, CA, United States

Posted on: 2024-05-04

Category: emobility

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Internship

Experience required:

Intern

Salary

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About the company:

Lightship is an early-stage hardware startup launched in 2020 by Tesla alumni that is bringing the $26B recreational vehicle industry into the electric age. Based in San Francisco and Boulder, Lightship is designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer that liberates travelers from the noise, emissions, and range anxiety of gas RVing.

About the Role

As a mechanical design engineering intern you will be the understudy of the full-time mechanical design engineers, working with them on all tasks related to scoping, design, optimization, testing, and manufacturing a world class power system. This includes working with high voltage battery packs, power electronics, electric propulsion systems, and solar arrays.

Internship dates: Summer 2024

Responsibilities

Assist with creation of CAD models for the RV power system. This includes mechanical packaging of sourced components, routing of HV cabling and LV communication harnesses, creation of custom designed enclosures, selection of off the shelf components such as connectors, seals, fasteners and plumbing of thermal management systems

Analysis of components for stress/deflection, thermal properties, and electrical characteristics

Set up and run engineering experiments, including functional testing, safety tests, characterization tests, and field tests

Help with troubleshooting and failure analysis of components

Fabricate prototype parts and test articles, including beta vehicles

Minimum Qualifications

Pursuing BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Rising Senior or greater, graduating pending 2025

Experience with CAD program and design of custom components (CATIA experience a plus)

Experience with spec’ing and selection of off the shelf components, such as electrical connectors, actuators, seals, fasteners, switches, etc

Experience with prototype fabrication equipment and processes e.g.: lathe, mill, drill press, 3d printer etc

Preferred Qualifications

Experience creating and using wiring diagrams

Experience with data acquisition systems and CAN control GUIs

Experience with design and testing of electric vehicle powertrain components such as HV batteries, inverters, chargers, DC-DC converters, and electric motors

Experience with solar array design and integration

Experience designing mechanical structures, including composites and weldments

Experience with performing analyses using finite element method for linear elastic structural, thermal conduction, and combined CFD/thermal convection problems

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