Aviation Electrical Engineer Intern

Socket.dev; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation is seeking motivated Electrical Engineering interns to join our St. Petersburg, Florida engineering teams.

This full‑time onsite internship runs May through August and offers hands‑on experience in the design, development, testing, integration, and support of aviation products across multiple electrical disciplines. Interns will work with experienced engineers, supporting circuit analysis, schematic capture, board layout, testing, and documentation, and may contribute to scripts

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Expected to have completed at least two years of undergraduate study before the internship begins.
• Foundational knowledge of electrical engineering principles and circuit analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective verbal communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment.
• Ability to learn new tools, technologies, and engineering processes.
• Ability to work full-time and onsite at the assigned Acron Aviation location for the duration of the internship.
• This position may require access to information, technology, software, or hardware that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. To comply with these requirements, applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person

Responsibilities

• Work under the guidance of experienced electrical engineers and technical team members.
• Support electrical design, development, testing, and product integration activities.
• Assist with requirements analysis, specification development, and interface definition.
• Participate in component selection, circuit analysis, simulation, and schematic capture.
• Support circuit card assembly design, board layout, and design documentation.
• Assist with laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and evaluation of engineering designs.
• Analyze test results and help document findings, recommendations, and corrective actions.
• Support root cause analysis and investigations involving product or system performance.
• Collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Test, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering teams.
• Participate in engineering design reviews and continuous improvement activities.
• Support production and test teams with product troubleshooting, test equipment upgrades, or process improvements.
• Develop or maintain electrical engineering requirements, technical documentation, and design artifacts.
• Write or modify scripts, tools, or simple software used to support engineering analysis, testing, or development.
• Perform other engineering assignments aligned with your academic background and the needs of the assigned team.

Skills

Electrical engineering principles

Circuit analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Technical writing

Teamwork

Learning new tools

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Two years of undergraduate study completed

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Acron Aviation is seeking motivated Electrical Engineering interns to join our St. Petersburg, Florida engineering teams.

This full‑time onsite internship runs May through August and offers hands‑on experience in the design, development, testing, integration, and support of aviation products across multiple electrical disciplines. Interns will work with experienced engineers, supporting circuit analysis, schematic capture, board layout, testing, and documentation, and may contribute to scripts