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As of Sep 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for design engineering intern in California is $19.12, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $14.23 and $21.35 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Design Engineering Intern vs Mechanical Engineering Intern?

AspectDesign Engineering InternMechanical Engineering Intern
Required CredentialsEnrolled in or recent graduate of engineering or design-related programsEnrolled in or recent graduate of mechanical engineering programs
Work EnvironmentDesign offices, CAD labs, collaborative project settingsManufacturing plants, labs, engineering workshops
Employer & Industry UsageDesign firms, product development companies, engineering consultanciesManufacturers, automotive, aerospace, industrial firms

Design Engineering Interns focus on creating and developing product designs using CAD tools, while Mechanical Engineering Interns work on mechanical systems, testing, and manufacturing processes. Both roles often require similar educational backgrounds and are common in engineering industries, but they emphasize different aspects of engineering work.

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Infographic showing various Design Engineering Intern job openings in California as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 91% Full Time, 6% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 82% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 13% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $39,777 per year, or $19.1 per hour.

Electronics Design Engineering Intern

Mountain View, CA • On-site

Lunar Energy
Clean Energy Semiconductors Manufacturing • 51 - 200 employees
Learn more about Lunar Energyexternal

$30 - $60/hr

Internship

Posted 7 days ago

Job description

Electronics Design Engineering Intern

Looking for a motivated electronics design intern to join our team and be part of the team that designs the next generation of boards for all of Lunar Energy's products!

An ideal candidate is enthusiastic, eager to learn and ready to collaborate with a dedicated, cross-functional team to create innovative, best-in-class products starting with home energy storage systems. Engineers at Lunar are hands-on, comfortable with both simulation and real hardware, and able to carry product development from the concept stage through high-volume production.

Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy-making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We're a fast-growing, global company building the world's best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.

On a given day at Lunar, you'll likely...

  • Help us create the best possible products by contributing to product level features, design, vision leveraging your experience and creativity
  • Design and develop digital electronics, analog electronics, and power supplies for various components of our home energy system.  
  • Collaborative work with mechanical, firmware, EMC, RF, design validation, thermal design, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing test engineers.
  • Performing bring up and debug of new boards

Required Skills:

  • Major in Electrical Engineering, or the equivalent in evidence of exceptional ability.
  • Solid understanding of fundamentals of the electrical engineering 
  • Understanding of the analog and digital circuits designs for sensing, communication, power, etc.
  • Bring up experience of Electronics design with mixed analog and digital signals
  • Familiarity with the lab testing tools and equipment for EE tests

Desired:

  • Experience with Altium or similar ECAD tool
  • Direct PCB design experience

Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the hourly range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The hourly range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $30-$60 USD

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package will be at the company's sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.

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