Engineering Intern

Jobtailor; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Syracuse, NY seeks an Electrical Engineering Intern to support research, design, develop, test, and prototype complex electrical products and systems, ensuring compliance with specifications and milestones. The role involves creating schematics and PCBs, including cabling and wire harnesses, and advancing mixed-signal designs with MCUs, MPUs, FPGAs, DSPs and SoCs.

Responsibilities include design verification testing, documentation, and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; pursuing Bachelor's in Engineering.
• Strong academic background in Electrical, Software, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, and design verification testing preferred.
• Familiarity with high-speed serial links and power analysis preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and test complex electrical products or systems.
• Conduct prototype development activities to meet specs and milestones.
• Create electrical/electronic schematics and PCBs, including cabling and harnesses.
• Document designs for internal users and program management; collaborate across disciplines.
• Perform hands-on system and board-level integration and testing; draft test plans.

Skills

Electrical System Design

PCB Layout

Mixed-Signal System Development

EMI/EMC Testing

Schematic Capture

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Engineering in progress toward Bachelor's degree

Engineering Intern 2: 20%–40% of degree credits

Engineering Intern 3: 40%–60% of degree credits

Engineering Intern 4: >60% of degree credits

Tools

MCUs

MPUs

FPGAs

DSPs

SoCs

IBIS Models

Job description

• Research, design, develop, and test complex electrical products or systems
• Conduct prototype development activities to ensure compliance with specifications and project milestones
• Promote effective design and development processes
• Ensure optimal performance of designs
• Create electrical/electronic schematics
• Design complex PCBAs and integrated electrical systems and components, including cabling and wire harnesses
• Design and develop mixed-signal systems using MCUs, MPUs, FPGAs, DSPs, SoCs, sensors, power electronics, analog front ends, RF front ends, high-speed memory, and serial communication interfaces
• Conduct failure, reliability, capacity, and capability analyses
• Document designs for internal users, subject matter experts, engineering disciplines, and program management
• Collaborate with engineering disciplines and subject matter experts on system- and board-level design details
• Perform hands-on system and board-level integration and testing
• Draft test plans, procedures, rework instructions, and other design-specific documentation

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required
• Ability to obtain security clearance
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Must be working towards a Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Engineering Intern 2: 20%–40% of required bachelor's degree credits completed
• Engineering Intern 3: 40%–60% of required bachelor's degree credits completed
• Engineering Intern 4: More than 60% of required bachelor's degree credits completed
• Strong academic background in Electrical, Software, or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with defining requirements, schematic capture, PCB layout, and design verification testing preferred
• Experience with multi-Gbps serial communications links and high-speed serial link simulation using IBIS models and S-parameters preferred
• Experience with power analysis, including DC drop, power plane impedance, and decoupling analysis preferred
• Experience with EMI/EMC testing and interpreting test and experiment results preferred
• Radar, EW, software-defined radio, and electro-optical system design experience preferred
• Ability to work on multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Ability to work in an environment with rapidly changing priorities

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing complex electrical systems, including PCBAs and mixed-signal systems, while ensuring compliance with specifications and project milestones. Proficient in conducting analyses and testing to optimize performance and reliability in multidisciplinary engineering environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Electrical System Design
• PCB Layout
• Mixed-Signal System Development
• EMI/EMC Testing
• Schematic Capture

Hard Skills

• Electrical Product Development
• Prototype Development
• Design Verification Testing
• Power Analysis
• High-Speed Serial Communication
• Failure Analysis
• Reliability Analysis
• Capacity Analysis
• Capability Analysis
• Documenting Designs

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Adaptability
• Problem-Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• Security Clearance Eligibility

Industry Keywords

• Electrical Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Radar Design
• Electro-Optical Systems
• Software-Defined Radio
• Electromagnetic Interference
• Electromagnetic Compatibility

Tools & Technologies

• MCUs
• MPUs
• FPGAs
• DSPs
• SoCs
• Sensors
• Analog Front Ends
• RF Front Ends
• High-Speed Memory
• IBIS Models