Electrical Engineering Intern – Medical Device Prototyping

Mayo Clinic; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mayo Clinic Graduate Engineer Internship in Rochester, Minnesota, is a full-time, on-site opportunity for Summer-Fall 2027 (May or June through December). Mentors guide the intern in learning procedures and completing assigned engineering tasks.

Interns gain experience in electrical engineering for physiological sensing, monitoring and therapeutic technologies, contributing to low-power, battery-powered medical device prototypes.

Qualifications

• Graduate student in electrical engineering seeking hands-on project experience.
• Interest in medical devices and physiological sensing.
• Able to work with mentors and follow structured learning objectives.
• Willingness to learn design methods, verification, and tests.

Responsibilities

• Assist with analog and digital circuit design, simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout, and component evaluation.
• Assemble, bring up, debug, and test electronic prototypes; document measurements and participate in design reviews.
• Support sensor interfaces, signal acquisition, power-management circuits, or wireless-module integration.
• Support integration of electronics hardware, firmware (including HDL for FPGAs) and software.
• Help characterize signal quality, power consumption, battery-powered operating modes, or wireless performance.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Prototype testing

Design verification

Firmware integration

HDL for FPGA

Wireless module integration

Sensor interfaces

Power-management

Design reviews

Education

Graduate student in electrical engineering

Job description

The Mayo Clinic Graduate Engineer Internship in Rochester, Minnesota, is a full-time, on-site opportunity for Summer-Fall 2027 (May or June through December). Mentors guide the intern in learning procedures and completing assigned engineering tasks.

Interns gain experience in electrical engineering for physiological sensing, monitoring and therapeutic technologies, contributing to low-power, battery-powered medical device prototypes.