Electrical Engineer Internship

Location

Redwood City, CA | United States

Job description

We are looking for a qualified and motivated intern seeking an exceptional opportunity to gain real-world electrical engineering experience. At the completion of your internship, you will have had the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge power electronics solutions and complete multiple physical products/projects as a tangible demonstration of your acquired expertise and skills. This is a paid internship, and we require a minimum commitment of 15 hours per week.

Job summary

This role will require you to be flexible and perform many different tasks, including but not limited to:

• Testing electrical circuits and components using computer-controlled data collection
• Analyze the data collected and visualize the data using python
• Designing and building surface mount electrical circuits
• Design 3D models for different projects
• Testing high-voltage circuits (10s of kilovolt)
• Research on cutting edge technology such as ion propulsion and induction plasma
• Perform hands-on tasks such as building ion propulsion drone or assembling power supply prototypes

Job responsibilities

• Design circuit topologies that are optimized for the product including component selection and design tradeoffs
• Assembly of surface mount PCB board and test of circuits after assembly
• Design and build an ion propelled drone including the mechanical structure and the super-lightweight on-board power supply
• Testing ion propelled drone prototypes, which usually involves >40 kV
• Contacting business partners to enquire about their products
• Any other tasks that the management may deem necessary to complete client project deliverables

Requirements

• Must have basic electrical engineering knowledge
• Good physics and math skills required
• Hands-on experience in building things is preferred
• Able to pick up new skills rapidly and being able to adapt to different roles in the company
• Coding skill is preferred
• Self-motivated, driven, independent, and able to work without supervision if necessary
• Works well in a fast-paced environment and is able to communicate well with others
• Willing to try out different tasks every day
• Creative thinking and the ability to think on the spot
• Smart and hardworking

Benefits

What you will gain from this internship:

• Experience with lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters
• Advanced power electronics knowledge, such as a class-E amplifier
• Reading engineering drawings and assemble circuit boards from just those drawings
• Data analytics skills
• Improve your hands-on skills to practically solve a problem
• What it takes to run a start-up
• Many other skills you’ll pick up on a daily basis from PhD-level engineers with multiple patents to their names

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