Test Engineering Internship, Lightship
Summer 2024
$30 Per Hour
Electric RV manufacturer
Job no longer available
Electric RV manufacturer
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$30 Per Hour
21-100 employees
Company mission
Lightspeed's mission is to electrify the RV.
Role
Who you are
- Pursuing BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Rising Senior or greater, graduating pending 2025
- Hands-on prototyping experience
- Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics, prototype manufacturing and data acquisition
- Proficient in a CAD program, CATIA preferred
Desirable
- Xperience troubleshooting electromechanical systems is a plus
What the job involves
- Design component (PCBAs, junction boxes, sensors) test fixtures for mechanical validation programs including structural durability, environmental testing, and vibration durability
- Develop vibration, environmental test plans to validate that components meet overall Lightship product target
- Execute various component and sub-system level test plans with external test houses and internally
- Troubleshoot system/component failures and aid in failure root cause analysis
Our take
Mobile homes and camper vans have become a great way to travel and vacation at a lower cost and carbon footprint. However, there is still an efficiency problem with the vehicles involved. Due to the extra weight that a trailer creates, vehicles become less energy-efficient in their mileage. Lightship RVs aim to solve that problem with their range of RVs, maximising mileage efficiency and creating comfortable trailer units in the process.
Founded by former Tesla engineers, the purpose-built travel trailers Lightship is building have their own self-propulsion system that enables near-zero loss in mile-per-gallon efficiency for the vehicle it’s attached to. With an 80 kWh battery installed in the trailer, it can ensure that a 300-mile range electric vehicle remains just that. In the process, this reduces the anxiety associated with the possibility of a trailer decreasing the mileage per charge.
It is early days for Lightship, which was founded in 2020, with its first edition AE1 Cosmos released in 2024. The proof will be in the sales then, but with $61 million in funding to accelerate its development, Lightship’s road to success looks smooth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2025
$23m
SERIES C
Jan 2024
$34m
SERIES B
Total funding: $80.1m
Company benefits
- Healthcare, Dental, Vision (full time only)
- 401k
- Unlimited Paid Time Off that we actually want you to use! 3-4 weeks is common at Lightship
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own, we call this a LightTrip (full time only)
Company HQ
Broomfield, CO
Leadership
Toby Kraus
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Entrepreneur in Residence at Eclipse Ventures, Vice President at Proterra, Senior Manager at Tesla, and Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Benjamin Parker
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla and Team Leader at Dartmouth Formula Racing.
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