Job Title: Intern, Electrical Engineering 

Job Code: 41699

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Job Description

We are seeking a motivated Hardware Engineering Intern to support the design of custom circuit technology for software-defined radio applications. In this role, you will work alongside experienced engineers to help develop innovative digital and RF circuits that support critical national security missions. These efforts contribute to challenging problem spaces including signal intelligence, cyber operations, machine learning, image processing, applied data analytics, and active threat deterrence.

As part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will gain hands-on experience in a collaborative environment focused on solving complex technical problems. This internship offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of advanced communications systems through board-level integration of high-speed digital components, commercially available chipsets, and embedded processors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with senior electrical engineers and achieve hands-on experience including schematic capture, simulation, PCB analysis, and layout support
• Help document designs, including requirements, test procedures, and bills of material
• Help document engineering change requests, documenting modifications to a circuit cards design’s components, specifications, or manufacturing process.
• Support hardware testing, performance evaluation, and debugging at the board level
• Contribute to the development of custom circuit cards using FPGAs, embedded processors, networking components, and other electronic devices
• Assist with performance characterization of hardware across a range of environmental conditions
• Work with industry-standard interfaces such as Ethernet, SPI, UART, SDRAM, DDR3/DDR4, JESD, PCIe, and 1000BASE-T
• Participate in design reviews, integration activities, and team technical discussions

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Completed 1 year of course work in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Interest in communications systems, embedded hardware, and high-speed digital design
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn in a team-oriented environment

Preferred Skills

• Coursework or project experience related to circuit design, PCB layout, embedded systems, or FPGA-based design
• Familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or signal generators
• Exposure to schematic capture, PCB design tools, or hardware verification methods
• Familiarity with common digital interfaces such as SPI, UART, DDR, PCIe, or Ethernet