[JOB OPP] Summer internship opportunity at SunEdison in San Francisco

From: "Jeff Knerr" 
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 14:47:54 -0400
To: job-opps@cs.swarthmore.edu
Subject: [JOB OPP] Summer internship opportunity at SunEdison in San Francisco
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>> From: "Nick Guerette" > 
>> 
>> I'm now working for a solar energy company called SunEdison. They 
>> are working on interfacing their solar monitoring equipment with existing
>> building automation systems to optimize energy usage where possible,
>> and I'm working on that effort, mostly reverse-engineering and writing
>> serial communications software.  What's primarily prompting me to
>> write is to ask if you know any budding embedded systems engineers who
>> are still looking for something to do for the summer, and might find
>> it at all exciting to gain an in-depth knowledge of HVAC systems,
>> since we've realized a little late in the season that we could use an
>> intern.  The job would mostly involve reconfiguring an HVAC controller
>> and taking data over and over again and trying to figure out a
>> proprietary serial protocol, with the possibility of working on
>> re-implementing the protocol at the end of the summer as well.  So,
>> it's admittedly not terribly exciting, but for someone who enjoys
>> really detail-oriented work (like me) and is stuck for something to do
>> for the summer, it could be useful real-world experience.  It's in
>> downtown San Francisco, and there wouldn't be housing provided, but
>> the stipend should be enough to compensate for the cost of renting a
>> room for the summer.  Also, I know there's a pretty active alumni
>> community in the area, and I'm friends with the primary organizer, so
>> if someone shows interest, I'll get in touch with her and the alumni
>> office and see if we can find someone who wants to host.  Here's an ad
>> for the internship - anyone who's interested should email me at my
>> work address, nguerette@sunedison.com .  Thanks!
>> -Nick
>> 
>> SunEdison is looking for a summer software engineering intern to work
>> on reverse-engineering building automation systems.  You'll be
>> learning the ins and outs of building automation systems and will be
>> charged with figuring out how existing environmental and lighting
>> systems are controlled over a serial bus.  Patience, attention to
>> detail and occasional puzzle-solving prowess will be required for this
>> position.  Knowledge of either C++ or both C and another
>> object-oriented language is also required, and experience with Python
>> will also be helpful.  If you're interested, email Nick Guerette at
>> nguerette@sunedison.com to set up a phone interview.
>> 
>> --
>> Nick Guerette
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