Internship: e-Bike System Performance Testing

Do you have what it takes to intern at the best bike company in the world?

Our Summer Intern Program provides you an inside look to your potential career path, providing you the opportunity to put your coursework to use in practical applications! You’ll be exposed to the day-to-day tasks and long-term strategies required in your department while creating valuable relationships working alongside experts in the field. Give us your best, and we’ll give it right back. Sound pretty sweet? Then come join us!

A bit about us:

Trek is an awesome place to work! We build only products we love, provide incredible hospitality to our customers, and change the world by getting more people on bikes. When you’re on our team, you’re taken care of, encouraged to learn and grow, and given lots of opportunities to do so.

Job Description

Trek’s Integrated Products Team is looking for an intern to help operate our e-Bike test machine located at Trek Headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin. The duration of the job would run from September through November 2025.

Exact start and end dates are TBD based on student’s availability.

Working hours per week are negotiable based on the students’ availability with classes. This is a paid internship at $20 per hour.

Internship Description:

• The focus of the work is to run tests on our machine characterizing the performance of both existing and new e-Bike systems. We evaluate mid-drive and HUB motor system along with throttle and pedal assist inputs.
• Tests of interest include:
• Motor assistance power output vs. input
• Generation of TPE curves
• Thermal motor performance degradation
• Range testing
• Market specific compliance testing
• Testing output includes:
• Test reports should detail initial setup parameters, variable assumptions, and graphs to communicate results.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on results to help arrive at conclusions and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• In most cases, we will be identifying improvements using the firmware settings or parameter adjustments at the MCU level.
• We also may look at hardware-related design details to identify improvement options.
• Documentation of test protocols and procedures.
• Detailed documentation that explains how to perform tests Trek has adopted for e-Bike development and research.
• Help with automating data post processing to increase the speed and efficiency of generating useful data.