Power Electronics Intern (Summer 2027)

Location: San Francisco, United States; onsite work

Base pay: $29 per hour

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates advanced satellites and provides secure satellite communications networks for commercial, government, and military customers.

What you will do

• Build and test flight hardware with the power engineering team.
• Design test equipment to validate designs across a wide range of stressed conditions.
• Design prototype circuits and bring up and debug designs in the laboratory.
• Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.
• Coordinate assembly, integration, and environmental testing.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a B.S. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree.
• Interest in learning about and designing power electronics systems.
• Hands-on hardware development experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch.
• U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or protected individual status is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Altium Designer or other PCB design software.
• Experience with SPICE-based simulators such as LTSpice, PSPICE, or ADS.
• Soldering and rework experience.
• Familiarity with EE lab equipment, switched-mode converter design, and Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Twelve-week internship designed for students enrolled at a four-year university.
• Hourly role with opportunities to contribute to meaningful, challenging satellite projects.
• Hands-on work in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Interns may contribute hardware and software that is deployed to space.