Drone Hardware: Aircraft Electrical Engineering Intern

wing; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 126,000; Part time

Job summary

Wing invites students to join a 12-week paid summer internship in Palo Alto, CA, working with the Hardware Engineering Team on an Aircraft Electrical Engineering internship. You will participate in the full engineering lifecycle from idea to deployment, focusing on PCB design, testing and integration for aircraft systems.

The role requires pursuing an EE/Mechatronics degree with hands-on electronics experience and comfort with embedded programming.

Qualifications

• Pursuing EE/Mechatronics degree, graduating Dec 2027–Aug 2028.
• Experience reading electrical schematics, measuring waveforms, soldering or rework.
• Proficient with oscilloscopes, DMMs and power supplies.
• Familiar with EE CAD software (Altium/KiCad/Cadence).
• Ability to independently investigate complex problems and propose elegant solutions.
• Experience with microcontrollers/embedded programming (Arduino/STM32/PIC).

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience in the drone delivery hardware lifecycle.
• Design, validate, program and modify PCBAs with the hardware team.
• Design, test and validate PCBA integration into aircraft systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Schematic reading

Waveform measurement

Soldering & rework

Circuit troubleshooting

Test equipment usage

EE CAD software

Problem solving

Embedded programming

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

Wing invites students to join a 12-week paid summer internship in Palo Alto, CA, working with the Hardware Engineering Team on an Aircraft Electrical Engineering internship. You will participate in the full engineering lifecycle from idea to deployment, focusing on PCB design, testing and integration for aircraft systems.

The role requires pursuing an EE/Mechatronics degree with hands-on electronics experience and comfort with embedded programming.