Hardware Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2025

Google

Google is an engineering company that hires people with a broad set of technical skills to address technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users.

Mountain View, CA, USA • Ann Arbor, MI, USA

$81,000 - $106,000

Hardware

Software Engineering Intern

In-Person

Consumer

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Description For Hardware Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2025

As a Hardware Engineering Intern, you will work on our core Consumer Hardware products. The teams you work with design, develop, and deploy next generation consumer hardware while ensuring that this equipment is reliable. You'll work closely with engineers to improve our hardware to meet Google's standards of quality and reliability, and your work has the potential to impact many of Google users.

Google is and always will be an engineering company. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to address some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities may vary based on specific teams.

This internship is intended for students in their penultimate academic year, who are pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. The internship requires full-time availability for 12 weeks outside of university term time, and participants must be located in the United States for the duration of the program. English proficiency is a requirement for this internship program to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally.

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Responsibilities For Hardware Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2025

Work on core Consumer Hardware products
Design, develop, and deploy next generation consumer hardware
Ensure equipment reliability
Work closely with engineers to improve hardware
Meet Google's standards of quality and reliability

Requirements For Hardware Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2025

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Experience in Hardware System Integration, Signal and Power Integrity, System Validation, Wireless Communications, Product Design, Computer Architecture, Digital Design Verification, Digital Circuits, ASIC Physical Design, FPGAs, Embedded Systems, or Memory Systems.

Google

Google is an engineering company that hires people with a broad set of technical skills to address technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users.

Mountain View, CA, USA • Ann Arbor, MI, USA

$81,000 - $106,000

Hardware

Software Engineering Intern

In-Person

Consumer

Google

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Design a rate limiter for an API.

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Google

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