Firmware Engineer Intern

Are you ready to dive deep into the architecture of global communication systems? Trimble is looking for a passionate Firmware Engineering Intern to optimize our networking stacks and tackle real-world infrastructure challenges. You will play a pivotal role in refactoring legacy code and ensuring our diverse hardware platforms operate with world-class stability and efficiency.

About Us:

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.

What Makes This Role Great:

In this role, you will be at the forefront of modularizing our core networking architecture, directly influencing the stability of global communication hardware and shaping the efficiency of our eCos real-time operating system.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Spearhead the modularization of our networking stack by decoupling routing logic from legacy PPP implementations.

• Drive system stability by building and validating eCos targets to ensure peak performance across the LWIP stack.

• Architect build optimizations for non-LTE platforms by implementing smart logic for conditional compilation and dependency management.

• Own the debugging process for build failures, contributing to high-quality codebases used in essential industries.

• Collaborate with senior engineers to document and refine the networking subsystem for next-generation hardware.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Strong proficiency in C programming with a focus on embedded systems.

• Foundational understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, LWIP, or PPP.

• Familiarity with build systems, header guards, and conditional compilation techniques.

Bonus Points For

• Direct experience working with the eCos RTOS or other real-time operating systems.

• Proven ability to refactor legacy code into modular, maintainable architectures.

• Experience with cross-platform hardware validation and debugging.

Logistics:

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Travel Requirement: 0%

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.

Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.

Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

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Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values-Belong, Innovate, and Grow-we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under "Corporate Governance."

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