What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Software Engineer Intern - Hub Platform position at SmartThings?
Department: Hub and Edge
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Compensation: $25.00 / hour
Description
We're SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.
More than 350 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung's leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation!
About The Team
In this role, you'll be part of the SmartThings Hub Platform team responsible for developing, building, and deploying software that runs on platforms within the SmartThings ecosystem. This software integrates smart home and networking protocols such as LAN, Wi-Fi, Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Z-Wave with the SmartThings ecosystem. You will be part of the team focused on:
As an intern in the hub-platform team, you'll be involved in parts of the software development lifecycle from proof-of-concept to shipping application code to across the world. This group provides a unique experience to write application and test code in C, C , Rust, Bash, and Python, incorporate internal and third party libraries into the OS, support hub-to-cloud infrastructure, and allow opportunities to work on other frameworks that span cloud and mobile. You will debug and fix issues discovered internally, reported by external beta testers and regular users. This is a great opportunity to be part of the exciting smart home industry while working with a group of highly talented and quality-focused engineers.
Key Responsibilities
This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis, MN.
In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the following:
Role
software for the adoption and integration of smart home networking protocols like Matter for the SmartThings Hub platform. In this role, you will:
Inclusive Hiring Practices
Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
Why You'll Love Working at SmartThings
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Compensation: $25.00 / hour
Description
We're SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.
More than 350 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung's leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation!
About The Team
In this role, you'll be part of the SmartThings Hub Platform team responsible for developing, building, and deploying software that runs on platforms within the SmartThings ecosystem. This software integrates smart home and networking protocols such as LAN, Wi-Fi, Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Z-Wave with the SmartThings ecosystem. You will be part of the team focused on:
- Developing and supporting embedded Hub OS infrastructure
- Adopting quality-driven software to a variety of embedded platforms
- Providing build support for all hub development teams
- Maintaining and developing features to deploy software to customers
- Develop and monitor metrics for global hub performance and features
As an intern in the hub-platform team, you'll be involved in parts of the software development lifecycle from proof-of-concept to shipping application code to across the world. This group provides a unique experience to write application and test code in C, C , Rust, Bash, and Python, incorporate internal and third party libraries into the OS, support hub-to-cloud infrastructure, and allow opportunities to work on other frameworks that span cloud and mobile. You will debug and fix issues discovered internally, reported by external beta testers and regular users. This is a great opportunity to be part of the exciting smart home industry while working with a group of highly talented and quality-focused engineers.
Key Responsibilities
This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis, MN.
In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the following:
Role
software for the adoption and integration of smart home networking protocols like Matter for the SmartThings Hub platform. In this role, you will:
- Test hub OS software and applications
- Learn how to develop production-grade software written primarily in C/C /Rust/Bash/Python
- Work closely with a mentor on the hub-platform team
- Participate in technical discussions across engineering and product
- Work with other hub and cloud teams to learn about home IoT ecosystems
Inclusive Hiring Practices
Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- Experience writing C/C and/or other Object Oriented programming languages
- Exposure or knowledge of source control such as Git
- Exposure or knowledge of embedded systems
- Willingness to learn Rust
- Willingness to learn how embedded Linux OS images are built, maintained, and distributed
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment
- Knowledgeable about gadgets, IoT, and smart devices
- Familiarity with an embedded Linux environment
- Familiarity with modern IP networking
- Familiarity with basic cloud engineering principles
Why You'll Love Working at SmartThings
- All of our employees enjoy unlimited PTO and 12 paid holidays through the year
- Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and everyone has frequent opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in ongoing projects.
- We offer a parking stipend to cover the monthly garage cost. EV chargers are also onsite.
- In-office catered lunches on Thursdays.
- Access to the onsite gym.
Salary : $25
