Hardware Design Intern – Digital & Analog Systems

Plexus Corp.; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Plexus Corp. offers an internship to develop hardware and system concepts that satisfy customer requirements.

You will implement and verify hardware designs using EDA tools and help deliver prototype hardware to customers. As a student in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering, you will collaborate with analog, digital, software, and mechanical engineers, gain hands-on lab experience, and learn to document project work according to quality procedures.

Qualifications

• Student working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering for the entire duration of internship.

Responsibilities

• Implement and verify the hardware design by using the appropriate EDA tools
• Deliver prototype hardware to customers by implementing physical hardware design components, capturing schematics and supervising PCB layouts
• Develop project documentation in accordance with quality and change management procedures and guidelines to ensure project information is properly organized and archived
• Participate in performance review to ensure employee continuous improvement and growth
• Utilize schematic capture tools and guide printed circuit board layout
• Analyze circuit designs with simulation tools such as SPICE and finite element tools
• Perform hands‑on, in‑the‑lab, troubleshooting and bring up of prototype hardware
• Take detailed measurements of analog hardware using standard electrical measurement tools including oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers to assess circuit performance and inform design improvements
• Work as a team with other analog, digital, software, and mechanical engineers to review and improve hardware designs
• Receive expert mentorship, guidance, and coaching from experienced hardware engineers

Skills

EDA tools

Prototype hardware

Schematic capture

PCB layouts

SPICE simulations

Lab troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog

Job description

Plexus Corp. offers an internship to develop hardware and system concepts that satisfy customer requirements.

You will implement and verify hardware designs using EDA tools and help deliver prototype hardware to customers. As a student in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering, you will collaborate with analog, digital, software, and mechanical engineers, gain hands-on lab experience, and learn to document project work according to quality procedures.