Hardware Engineering Intern

Midtronics•Willowbrook, IL

7h•$25 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time internship program for students who are Juniors or Seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. The internship duration is 10 weeks, with 40 hours per week. Interns will be given assignments that expand on their academic skills and provide on-the-job experience. The program offers a paid internship with opportunities to use talents and start a career, with tasks owned from beginning to end, constant feedback, and mentoring from experienced engineers. The company culture is described as fun, trusting, flexible, and innovative.

Requirements

Pursuing a BA/BS degree in relevant program
Demonstrated skills and competency in relevant field
Strong analytical skills: must be able to breakdown problems and identify methods to solve those problems
Must be curious, with a natural drive to learn and understand
Must be a team player with the ability to develop strong working relationships and partnerships across different departments and with customers
A strong business sense – person needs the ability to understand market problems and opportunities
Entrepreneurial drive to take ownership of a task and execute to achieve the desired outcome
A strong service orientation with a “how can I help?” approach
Strong time management skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must have above average technical aptitude

Responsibilities

Develop and support HW for automotive diagnostic and testing application
Develop and support low level software (using C) including system-level and driver-level SW
Investigate/troubleshoot HW failures
Create HW test plans as required and review test data.
Perform HW analysis and create reports.
Create reports for feedback of HW issues to new designs.
Create SW/test SW as necessary for HW validation
Generate engineering documents: specifications, schematics, BOM, validation reports, etc.
Work closely with quality and manufacturing departments
Follow established procedures and best practices