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Summer 2027 - Electrical Engineering Intern

Shield AI· Campus Recruiting – Electrical
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Hybrid (Dallas, TX), Hybrid (Seattle, WA), Hybrid (San Diego, CA), Hybrid (Boston, MA)$38/hr - $73/hrInternPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Paid electrical engineering internship focused on avionics and EE system design, offering hands-on mentorship, project ownership, and potential full-time opportunity after graduation.

Responsibilities

  • Own requirements gathering, design, and validation of multiple avionics assemblies and/or test fixtures.
  • Gain expertise in multiple disciplines within EE as you design systems for power electronics, communications, RF, and more.
  • Design test stands and test fixtures, which may include relays, PLCs, PCBAs, harnessing, and various other pieces of electrical and mechanical equipment.
  • Utilize Python to automate test sequences, perform analysis, or run simulations.
  • Contribute to and attend cross-functional design reviews. Advocate for design changes that result in simpler manufacturing processes.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • You are an undergraduate, graduate or PhD student pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
  • Strong understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, including EE, Mech E, Programming, Physics, and Mathematics.
  • Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc.
  • Great written and verbal communication.
  • Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
  • Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering fundamentals
Nice to have:PythonPCB schematic and layoutCAD tools

Benefits

  • Paid internship.
  • Opportunity to attend presentations from company leaders, social and networking events, mentorship from Shield AI Engineers.
  • Housing stipend for qualified hires.
  • Paid company holidays.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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