Electrical Engineering Intern (Salt Lake City, UT)

L3Harris • Salt Lake, UT

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About The Position

The Electrical Engineering Intern supports the design of custom circuit technology for software-defined radio applications. Working alongside experienced engineers on a multidisciplinary team, the intern helps develop digital and RF circuits for critical national security missions in areas such as signal intelligence, cyber operations, machine learning, image processing, applied data analytics, and active threat deterrence.

The internship provides hands-on experience contributing to advanced communications systems through board-level integration of high-speed digital components, commercially available chipsets, and embedded processors. The intern participates in circuit-card development, hardware testing, performance evaluation, debugging, and design reviews.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Completed one year of coursework in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Interest in communications systems, embedded hardware, and high-speed digital design.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn in a team-oriented environment.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework or project experience related to circuit design, PCB layout, embedded systems, or FPGA-based design.
• Familiarity with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or signal generators.
• Exposure to schematic-capture or PCB-design tools, or hardware-verification methods.
• Familiarity with common digital interfaces such as SPI, UART, DDR, PCIe, or Ethernet.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with senior electrical engineers and gain hands-on experience with schematic capture, simulation, PCB analysis, and layout support.
• Help document designs, including requirements, test procedures, and bills of material.
• Help document engineering change requests concerning modifications to circuit-card components, specifications, or manufacturing processes.
• Support hardware testing, performance evaluation, and board-level debugging.
• Contribute to custom circuit-card development using FPGAs, embedded processors, networking components, and other electronic devices.
• Assist with performance characterization of hardware across a range of environmental conditions.
• Work with industry-standard interfaces including Ethernet, SPI, UART, SDRAM, DDR3/DDR4, JESD, PCIe, and 1000BASE-T.
• Participate in design reviews, integration activities, and team technical discussions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern