Hardware Intern (26/27 Winter)
We are looking for a hardware intern to help in a variety of roles across the business. This role is perfect for someone who is technically talented, but who also wants to experience the many different parts of a startup and to travel and work abroad.
Previous interns have done everything from designing and testing prototype hardware on snow through to supervising our manufacturing lines in China and designing parts of the Carv hardware manufactured in 100k+ volumes.
About Carv and Motion Metrics
Motion Metrics Ltd is a London-based, sports technology scale-up with offices in London (UK), Innsbruck (Austria) and Shenzhen (China). Our product is Carv, the world's first digital ski coach and we recently launched the Carv 2 system, a compact sensor that clips onto the strap of each ski boot in seconds. It captures high-resolution motion data using a 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer. The data is then sent via Bluetooth to the Carv app, which analyzes your skiing technique and provides real-time, personalised coaching through your headphones.
Carv has the capacity to transform ski technique by providing one-on-one coaching for each day of skiing and we are able to take the learning of thousands of athletes and use it to improve the technique of an individual skier in fun, interactive and effective ways. Carv is pioneering a new type of sports wearable device within the fast-growing sports-tech industry. Thus far sports wearables have focused on tracking and motivation but Carv offers a teaching and coaching service, forging a new path within this sector.
This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a fast-growing, VC-backed sports technology start-up in London, alongside a fantastic team of operations and marketing experts, hardware and software engineers, who are all passionate about changing the paradigm of coaching.
About the role
Successful applicants will divide their time between two locations as follows:
Innsbruck: During the peak of the season (December - March) you will have the option of working from our office in Innsbruck, the capital of the beautiful North Tyrol region and a world-renowned snowsports destination. You will be provided with accommodation in our company flat in the city, with easy access to various resorts in Austria, and will be in charge of supporting the customer success team to identify, debug and analyse hardware issues with units in use, and reproduce them on the slopes.
London: Before and after the season you will be working from our London HQ to optimise the manufacturing of the existing hardware and test and validate future design iterations, with support from the wider hardware team. This is where you’ll find the product, operations and marketing teams, and you may have the opportunity to get some insight into the other areas of the business through working with them on projects.
Travel to Shenzhen, China may also be required depending on business needs and for a period of up to one month.
Your main responsibilities:
Becoming a design witch/wizard and using your powers to design and build test fixtures, prototype hardware, and improvements to our manufacturing process.
Running in-depth tests on the Carv hardware to help us continue to improve the product.
Identifying and diagnosing issues that arise during production, and working with our factories to resolve them.
Training the customer success team to identify and debug issues with units in use.
Using Python and SQL to interface with our database and building automation tools to make the debugging process more efficient.
Analysing data from returned hardware to identify the root cause of issues and propose solutions.
Managing prototype testing with our global user base.
Ski testing and debugging prototypes in Innsbruck.
Our candidate is someone who:
Has a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or similar) undergraduate degree with 1st or Upper 2nd class results, or proven knowledge and experience in a similar role.
We will also consider candidates who are mid way through studying Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or similar) and are on track for excellent academic results.
Combines analysis skills and attention to detail with a natural engineering intuition.
Can operate autonomously and is highly self-motivated to learn and solve problems.
Has a passion for product development. You are enthusiastic, hardworking and proud of your work.
Has great communication skills and a real empathy for customers and colleagues.
Nice to have:
Experience in Python, SQL, or software development more generally.
Experience designing and building mechanical prototypes using CAD software such as Solidworks, Onshape, or Creo.
General workshop skills and knowledge in proper use of hand tools, machine tools etc.
Experience writing firmware for microcontrollers such as ESP32s
Experience evaluating ICs and designing and testing PCBs.
Pay / Benefits
Salary: London Living Wage
Subsidised accommodation in the company flat in Innsbruck
Innsbruck ski pass, giving you access to all local resorts for the duration of the season
Two return flights between Innsbruck and London
Duration
The duration of the internship will be between 7-10 months, dependent on aptitude and experience. The internship will start in October 2026.
Applications
Please send a CV and short covering email to richard@motionmetrics.co.