Are you passionate about fighting climate change? Do you want to work on creating a world where everyone can breathe clean air? Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your engineering skills to real-world challenges? Do you want to work on cutting-edge battery technology and learn from experienced engineers?
Who we are
At Breathe, we believe an electrified future is key to achieving this, which is why we are building battery technology to help brands do more with the power they have.
Our physics-based battery management software helps some of the world's largest and most iconic automotive and consumer electronics brands deliver products with faster charging, longer life and zero compromise on safety. Put simply, we make batteries better. And we want you to join us.
What we will give you
As a growing company you will join a talented and cohesive team who everyday go to work to do more with the power we have. Why? Because we dream of a world where everyone can breathe clean air. You will have the opportunity to have a big say in how the company is run and where we are going.
You will become an agent of change and help us push the industry forward by helping make the complex simple and in return you have an opportunity to grow your career with us as we scale.
We’re genuine people who want to do good and are driven by passion, coffee and a mutual love of dogs – and yes, our office in London is dog friendly and we would love to add more dogs to our pack.
Sounding great right?
We know it isn’t always 9-5 but we do know that family and a good work life balance are key to innovation, so we offer flexible/hybrid working to try to accommodate your needs.
We believe in keeping energy levels high and we have a constant supply of office snacks to help you with that.
As well as the ability to learn from and with a room full of experts working at the cutting edge of the industry, we will provide the support and training to develop your skills, be that via courses, conferences or other learning opportunities / materials.
About the internship
- June to September 2025 for 12 weeks (dates are flexible)
- Hourly wage of £13.85 (London Living Wage)
- Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas for this role.
What you will be doing
This is an exciting time to join Breathe. Having proven the value of our products in both the automotive and consumer electronics spaces, we are looking for an intern to join our Data and Validation team this summer. Your internship will focus on developing automation tools and data processing pipelines to support our battery testing and validation efforts. You will work closely with our embedded firmware engineers, data analysts, and battery technology specialists to enhance our data workflows and infrastructure. We will provide you with experience and training to develop your skills and knowledge in Python automation, cloud data integration, and firmware development.
Your day to day
- Contribute to the automation of existing processes, including the management system for battery cyclers.
- Assist in building Python-based services to extract, process, and manage laboratory data, integrating with SQL/PostgreSQL databases and cloud data platforms.
- Develop and improve automation logic to optimise battery cycler utilisation, ensuring efficient test scheduling and error reporting.
- Assist in debugging, maintaining, and improving firmware and software tools.
- Any additional work that may be deemed from time to time to be critical to product or company success.
Your background
- You will be a student in Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with an emphasis on computer architectures and programming.
- Available from 1 July for 12 weeks
- Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas for this role
- Strong ability to code in Python, with demonstrable experience through high-quality university projects or personal initiatives (personal projects preferred).
- Understanding of unit and integration testing.
- Familiarity with concurrency and multi-threading.
- Ability to research information online, read documentation, and interpret technical datasheets.
- Basic familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure), relational databases, and SQL.
- Experience with embedded firmware development is a plus, but not essential.
- Experience using a version control system (e.g., Git) for managing codebase changes effectively is a plus, but not essential.
- A team player with a proactive attitude, good attention to detail, strong communications skills and the ability to work autonomously.
- Ability to work in a Kind and Conscientious manner.
We want to add the best talent to our incredible team, and we want to find you tomorrow. We will do our best to process your application as quickly as possible and come back to you within 2 weeks as we appreciate communication is key. But we aren’t perfect so do reach out to us for an update.
At Breathe, we believe that having diverse perspectives within our team is an essential part of innovating quickly, thinking from first principles, and expanding our expertise. Ultimately, enabling us to deliver better products to our customers.
We aim to attract, nurture, and retain diverse individuals. Because that’s how we do our best work. And because that’s the kind of world we want to live in.
We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates and are happy to provide the accommodations you need within our recruitment process to enable you to demonstrate your skills. Just let us know what you need.
So, what are you waiting for? Come join us!
