Electrical Engineering Internship (Winter Spring 2027)

Amca•El Segundo, CA

4d•$30 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Amca is dedicated to restoring America's ability to engineer critical systems and reinvigorating the cycle of creation that allows imagination to shape physical reality. We rapidly develop and manufacture new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. By restoring the capability of our antiquated supply chains, we increase the country’s capacity to imagine and realize new systems, and make a physical world that looks very different from today. The Electrical Design Engineering Intern works alongside our electrical team to take aerospace hardware from concept toward flight qualification. You will own a scoped electrical design project for Winter / Spring 2027, with a dedicated mentor and direct access to the build and test engineers who will bring your work to life. This is not a shadowing program. Interns at Amca design, build, and debug real hardware. You should expect your schematics and boards to be reviewed with the same rigor as a full-time engineer's, and to have something on the bench before you leave.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD program in electrical engineering, computer engineering, engineering physics, or a related field
Returning to school in Fall 2027, or graduating in Spring 2027 and interested in a full-time role. Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester
Ability to commit to a full-time, in-person 10-week internship in one of our offices in Winter Spring 2027, starting in January.
Completed coursework in circuits, electronics, or signals, and a working understanding of first principles across power, filtering, and logic
Hands-on electrical design experience through coursework, a student project team, personal projects, or a prior internship
Familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, debuggers, and current probes, and test automation

Nice To Haves

Experience with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation tools
Experience with circuit simulation, component selection, and de-rating
Experience on a student project team building electronics for physical hardware, such as rocketry, Formula SAE, CubeSat, or robotics
Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-810 or other qualification and certification frameworks
Exceptionally curious and a fast learner, able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes
Demonstrated ability to use engineering first principles to challenge and simplify requirements
Hands-on and practical, comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments
Thrives with ownership and takes initiative without waiting to be directed

Responsibilities

Design electronics from concept to functional prototype, including hardware selection, PCB design, and system-level integration
Contribute to the design and prototyping of new electrical hardware
Support electrical design for flight hardware, including schematic capture, electrical analysis, component selection, and PCBA layout
Build up early hardware, then iterate quickly based on results
Run bench testing and basic functional and development tests on the hardware you build
Debug failures down to root cause and carry the fix back into the design
Troubleshoot issues that span the system, using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and digital multimeters
Select components with attention to de-rating, tolerance, and availability, and defend those choices in design review
Work closely with other electrical, mechanical, software,, and test engineers to deliver fully functional products
Work with test engineering to help define and execute functional and environmental and EMI test plans
Incorporate manufacturability and testability feedback from build engineers into your systems
Help evaluate existing Amca designs for opportunities to improve reliability and reduce cost
Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer-operated hardware
Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages
Present your project and results to the engineering team at the end of the internship