Electrical Engineering Internship
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.
Job summary
Airity is seeking an electrical engineer intern to participate in design, testing, and assembly of novel high-frequency power electronics systems that push the limits of existing industry capabilities. Responsibilities include:
- Design and modeling of high-frequency power electronics, including circuit design and simulation.
- Assembly and testing of designs, including component kitting, soldering, and quality assurance.
- Documentation of build steps and key learnings for R&D projects
- Inventory management and implementation of operational enhancements
- Report on status of development, quality and performance to management.
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
Minimum Requirements
- In year 2nd or 3rd year of a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, or with strong interest and demonstrated knowledge
- Strong desire to acquire hands-on hardware experience in power supply (AC/DC, DC/DC & DC/AC) design, test, and assembly
- Entry level understanding of power electronics topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC & DC/AC).
- Entry level understanding of high voltage power semiconductor selection (Si/SiC/GaN MOSFET’s, Diodes), gate drive and protection circuit design
- Entry level understanding of switching waveforms, and semi-conductor losses.
- Entry level understanding of the theory and application of magnetics (inductors, transformers) and capacitors (Electrolytic, film and Ceramic) used for power conversion.
- Emerging proficiency with basic EE tools (Oscilloscopes, Network analyzers, Signal Generators, Altium PCB Software, etc.).
- Experience with Python coding and data analysis.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Nice to Have
- MSEE or Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering.
- Proficiency soldering.
- Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and able to troubleshoot and debug complex circuits with ease.
- Experience in radiofrequency (RF) circuits engineering.
- Startup experience.
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