Hardware Engineering Intern

Meter
San Francisco, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Meter filed 1 H-1B position titled "Engineering, Wireless". Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for engineering students who build and analyze hardware systems, with a focus on sustainability and supply chain.

Best fit for

  • Engineering students with a passion for hardware prototyping and lifecycle analysis
    — “explore and solve technical problems across Meter’s hardware engineering and operations teams”
  • Candidates interested in working with networking hardware and embedded systems
    — “next-generation power adapters: Evaluate and prototype compact, efficient power supplies for future Meter compact products”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional teams and can translate findings into actionable recommendations
    — “Present your findings and recommendations to the Hardware team at the end of the internship”

Things to consider

  • The role demands time for hands-on prototyping and data-driven decision-making
    — “You will work alongside Meter engineers, operators, suppliers, and manufacturing partners”
  • Commitment to understanding hardware lifecycle and sustainability is essential
    — “Explore how Meter products can be reused, refurbished, donated, disassembled, or recycled at end of life”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with PCB design, CAD, or supplier evaluation in your resume
    — “Experience with networking hardware, electronics, embedded systems, PCB design, CAD, manufacturing”
  • Showcase projects involving thermal or acoustic system optimization in your portfolio
    — “Develop and characterize custom fan or cooling solutions for future high-performance networking”
  • Demonstrate ability to analyze data and identify technical or economic risks in supply chains
    — “Analyze Meter’s component and supply-chain data to identify material risks, long-lead components”
  • Emphasize your ability to turn findings into actionable recommendations for teams
    — “recommend a path forward”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • developing prototypes
  • identifying supply chain risks
  • improving product lifecycle
Typical background
electrical engineeringmechanical engineeringindustrial engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Hardware DesignPrototypingSupply Chain ManagementManufacturing ProcessesSustainability Practices

Preferred

Data AnalysisProject Management

About the role

Original posting from Meter via Ashby

Meter is a vertically integrated networking company. Hardware, software, services, ISP, and autonomous networks run on a single data pipeline, from the local network to the data center.

Most of the networking industry treats hardware as a commodity–we don’t. Build the hardware right, and everything above it gets better. Meter designs its own Firewalls, Switches, Wireless Access Points, PDUs, and Gateways because customers subscribe to the network instead of buying individual boxes; we're accountable for how the hardware performs for years. We sweat details most people never see, like the logo stamped inside the enclosure and the sound spec on our fans. Great hardware takes more than designing circuits and shipping products: It means thinking hard about performance, reliability, manufacturability, supply chain, installation, sustainability, and the full product lifecycle.

We’re hiring Hardware Engineering Interns to solve real technical problems across Meter’s hardware engineering and operations teams. Over 12 weeks, you’ll own a well-scoped project picked to fit your interests, your experience, and the problems that matter most to Meter:

  • Next-generation power adapters: Prototype compact, efficient power supplies that could ship in future Meter products.
  • Hardware lifecycle and sustainability: Figure out how Meter hardware can be refurbished, reused, or recycled, and what it takes to extend its life.
  • Installer tooling: Build tools, fixtures, or diagnostic devices that make Meter networks faster to install and troubleshoot.
  • Acoustics and thermal systems: Design quiet, efficient cooling for future high-performance networking and data center products.
  • Supply chain intelligence: Use component and supplier data to spot risks and bottlenecks before they hit a hardware build.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

You’ll take a meaningful hardware problem from an open question to a recommendation backed by evidence, and leave behind something the hardware team can use: data, prototypes, test results, engineering requirements, supplier evaluations, or tools.

Your day-to-day will depend on your project, but you may:

  • Design, build, and test electrical or mechanical prototypes for future Meter products
  • Evaluate components, technologies, architectures, materials, and suppliers
  • Write test plans and characterize performance, reliability, thermals, acoustics, power, and other system-level behavior
  • Work with our manufacturing partners in Taiwan to understand their capabilities, constraints, cost, and scalability
  • Present your findings and recommendations to the hardware team at the end of the internship

WHO YOU ARE

You’re curious, hands-on, and you learn by building. You’re a good fit if:

  • You’re pursuing a degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field
  • You like taking an ambiguous technical problem and breaking it into questions you can answer through engineering and experimentation
  • You’ve built, tested, debugged, or taken apart hardware on a design team, in a lab, or at home, or you’re eager to start
  • You’re comfortable working with physical systems: PCBAs, mechanical assemblies, test equipment, prototypes, manufacturing data, or supplier samples
  • You can explain technical findings clearly and turn your work into recommendations others can act on

Experience with PCB design, CAD, embedded systems, thermal design, or data analysis is a plus, but none of it is required.

Above all, we’re looking for people who want to understand how great hardware gets built.

WHY METER?

The internet runs the world. Every purchase you make and every video call you join is packets moving through networks. But those networks haven’t changed in decades. They’re brittle, complex, and surprisingly hard to set up for a business.

We started Meter to build better networks, and that meant building everything ourselves: our own enterprise hardware, intuitive software, and streamlined operations. Today we deploy those networks at scale. Bridgewater, Lyft, Reddit, and the San Antonio Spurs rely on Meter to keep thousands of employees and locations online.

Our bet is simple: Everyone will use the internet more than they do today. Meter is building the networking stack that makes connectivity as easy and reliable as water or electricity.

COMPENSATION

  • The estimated pay for this role is $40–$50 per hour. This role is also eligible for a relocation and housing stipend.

By applying to this job you acknowledge that you've read and understood Meter's Job Applicant Privacy Notice https://www.meter.com/careers/job-applicant-privacy.

Source: Meter careers (Ashby)

Similar roles

More roles at Meter