2027 US Electrical Engineering Internship
About The Position
The Electrical Engineering Intern joins Axon’s Electrical Engineering team to gain hands-on experience working alongside senior engineers and mentors. The intern contributes to the design, development, testing, debugging, and building of electronic circuits and products throughout the product development cycle, applying academic knowledge to practical prototyping and validation. The role collaborates with mechanical and software engineers to help bring products to market and supports technologies serving law enforcement, public safety, and communities. The position is based in Axon’s Scottsdale, Arizona office and follows a hybrid schedule: onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays unless an approved workplace accommodation applies. Interns should plan for a full 12 weeks. Semester internships run May through August 2027, and quarter internships run June through August 2027. Starting pay is USD $35 per hour; actual pay depends on factors including level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and geographic market.
Requirements
- Be a college senior majoring in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Have strong academic performance and a solid engineering foundation.
- Be able to apply classroom knowledge to real-world problems through labs, internships, or projects.
- Know discrete analog and digital components, such as RLCs, transistors, diodes, LEDs, voltage regulators, and microcontrollers.
- Have experience designing or integrating circuits in one or more areas.
- Have hands-on bench experience with oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, or similar tools.
- Be able to read and analyze component datasheets and technical documentation.
- Be proficient with documentation and presentation tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Align with Axon Company Values.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing embedded hardware systems through a capstone, internship, or equivalent in a cross-functional EE/FW/ME team.
- Schematic design experience using Cadence/OrCAD Capture or similar tools.
- Understanding of common power supply topologies, including buck, boost, buck-boost, and LDOs, and their trade-offs.
- Soldering experience for PCB population or component replacement during troubleshooting.
Responsibilities
- Support the TASER electrical engineering team in designing, developing, testing, debugging, and building new products throughout the development cycle.
- Collaborate with peers and senior engineers to deliver robust electronic designs.
- Develop and execute test plans, define test methods, and validate designs.
- Bring up, characterize, and debug systems and circuits using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, power supplies, and hi-pot testers.
- Evaluate and document design outcomes and test results, and present findings to design teams for review.
- Review product design requirements in relation to system objectives.
- Participate in schematic design of embedded mixed-signal circuits using OrCAD, integrating power supplies, microcontrollers, lighting and display drivers, memory, regulators, batteries, interfaces, RF transceivers, sensors, and analog and digital components.
- Contribute to PCB design implementations and inspections using Allegro layout tools.
- Engage in design reviews and inspections, offering constructive feedback while learning key design principles.
- Assess circuit performance and verify compliance with product and regulatory requirements.
Benefits
- Benefits options intended to support employees physically, financially, and emotionally.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
