About the Job
Parallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. Our innovative technology offers cleaner, safer, and more efficient logistics solutions. Join our dynamic team and help shap...
Parallel Systems is seeking a Product Intern to help shape the software platform that our team, operators, and rail partners use to run an autonomous freight network. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to own a real product problem, not shadow one.
You will sit at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customers. You will talk to users, dig into data, define requirements, and work side by side with software engineers to scope and ship a feature on our platform.
Required Skills & Abilities
Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field
Hands-on product, engineering, or startup experience through internships, student teams, research, or personal projects
Enough technical fluency to read code, understand system architecture, and discuss tradeoffs with engineers
Experience working with data, such as writing SQL or analyzing data in Python or spreadsheets
Strong written communication, including the ability to write clear, concise specs and documents
Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and drive work forward with limited direction
Excitement about working in a hard-tech environment where software meets physical vehicles and real operations
Prior software engineering or product management internship, or experience shipping a software product at a startup or on a student team
Experience conducting user interviews or usability testing and translating findings into requirements
Experience building prototypes or simple apps, or comfort with design tools such as Figma
Familiarity with B2B, enterprise, or operations software
Interest in logistics, transportation, rail, robotics, or industrial technology
Experience from hands-on extracurricular engineering teams such as Formula SAE, robotics, autonomous systems teams, or similar
Strong documentation habits and attention to detail
Please note the hourly range in the job posting reflects the new hire hourly range across levels that would be applicable to the position. Final compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level. Also, this range represents base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits, if applicable.
Target Hourly Range:
$50—$50 USD
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