About the Company/Team

Earth faces an alarming freshwater scarcity, impacting developed and developing nations alike. NONA Technologies is a seed-stage MIT spinout pioneering a transformative approach to desalination, employing a patented electrical attraction method for salt and pathogen removal from water. This breakthrough solution empowers communities globally with sustainable clean water access, enables off-grid mobile water supply, and expands industrial water reuse through cost-effective and low-maintenance brackish water desalination. Our founding team includes an MIT research scientist who co-developed NONA’s novel technology, and management experience from Rivian Automotive’s product development team.

About the Role

Job Description: This fall we are in the final stages of product development for the launch of our first product: a brief-case sized seawater desalination device for use at sea, in the battlefield, and humanitarian settings. NONA Technologies is seeking a motivated and self-starting individual passionate about firmware and embedded systems to assist in the development of firmware for our portable desalination device Key Responsibilities • Develop, test, and maintain microcontroller firmware in C++for NONA’s electro-membrane based desalination device • Work alongside other engineers to deploy and integrate firmware into the product • Follow industry best practices with regards to documentation, testing, version control, and debugging • Design experiments and perform tests on hardware Some travel will be required for field testing (5%). Requirements: • Currently has or in the process of obtaining a BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field • Rising Junior or Senior pursuing Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field • Experience with Arduino, Teensy, ESP32, or similar • Strong programming skills in C or C++ • Experience with hardware development skills (soldering, breadboards, oscilloscope, etc.) • Experience with software engineering best practices (testing, version control, code review) • Background in building and deploying applications for embedded systems (through coursework or previous projects) • Fluent interpersonal English NONA Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This is a summer internship running roughly from May 19 to Aug 29 2025