Graduate Engineering Intern - Electronics

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time graduate internship runs during Summer–Fall 2027, from May or June through December, and is based on site in Rochester, Minnesota. The internship provides a graduate student with relevant engineering experience. One or more mentors will provide instruction and guidance and assess performance. The intern will learn the Division of Engineering’s procedures and processes and those of the assigned work unit, while completing selected engineering assignments that support learning and benefit the work unit. The internship supports electrical engineering development for physiological sensing, monitoring, and therapeutic technologies, with opportunities to contribute to low-power, battery-powered, and wirelessly connected medical device prototypes. Working under experienced engineers, the intern will contribute to selected components or subsystems within a broader modular platform. Assignments will be matched to the intern’s preparation, learning objectives, and project needs. Work may involve component design, project strategy, gathering user needs and requirements, evaluating commercial components, assembling prototypes, design verification and validation, troubleshooting, and design reviews. The incumbent must have received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university and be enrolled in or intending to enroll in a graduate degree program in an Electrical or Biomedical Engineering degree-granting program. Relevant coursework, laboratory work, research, capstone projects, and personal engineering projects may demonstrate preferred qualifications; prior professional experience is not required. Applicants should attach an undergraduate transcript, current transcript, and resume or CV. A cover letter is strongly encouraged.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university.
Enrolled in or intending to enroll in a graduate degree program in an Electrical or Biomedical Engineering degree-granting program.
Strong analytical and communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
Applicants should submit an undergraduate transcript, current transcript, and resume or CV; a cover letter is strongly encouraged.

Nice To Haves

Education, experience, or interest in analog and digital circuit and system design, circuit simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
Experience or interest in sensor interfaces or physiological signal acquisition.
Signal processing coursework or experience.
Familiarity with laboratory electronic instruments such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers; prototype assembly and debugging.
Experience or interest in low-power or battery-powered electronics.
RF wireless communications coursework or experience.
Embedded firmware or FPGA development and hardware/software integration.
Exposure to AI/ML, wireless power transfer, implantable or other medical devices, therapeutic electronics, medical device safety standards, EMC, or regulatory and agency approval activities.

Responsibilities

Learn the procedures and processes of the Division of Engineering and the assigned work unit.
Complete selected engineering assignments that reinforce learning and benefit the work unit.
Assist with analog and digital circuit design, simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout, and component evaluation.
Assemble, bring up, debug, and test electronic prototypes; document measurements and participate in design reviews.
Support sensor interfaces, signal acquisition, power-management circuits, or wireless-module integration, as appropriate to the assignment.
Support integration of electronics hardware, firmware, including HDL for FPGAs, and software.
Help characterize signal quality, power consumption, battery-powered operating modes, or wireless performance, as appropriate to the assignment.
Assignments may also include designing components, developing project strategies, gathering user needs, requirements and specifications, evaluating commercial components, performing design verification and validation, and troubleshooting.