Summer 2027 – Power Electronics Internship

Location: El Segundo, California, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Support power electronics design projects contributing to active space and military programs or the team’s technology roadmap.
• Develop and analyze multi-output power supplies and point-of-load supplies for RF and digital boards.
• Contribute to power architecture, component selection, schematic and PCB design, verification testing, and production release.
• Characterize and troubleshoot power electronics using laboratory instruments.
• Work alongside experienced analog and power electronics engineers.

Requirements

• Current enrollment in an MS or PhD program in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with a focus on analog or power electronics.
• GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• Strong fundamentals in electronics and coursework in power electronics, control, systems theory, power systems, or analog electronics.
• Knowledge of DC-DC converter topologies, including Buck, Boost, Flyback, Forward, Half-bridge, and Full-bridge converters.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, impedance analyzers, electronic loads, power sources, and signal generators.
• Experience with simulation and analysis tools such as SPICE, LTSPICE, SIMPLIS, PLECS, Simulink, MATLAB, MathCAD, ANSYS Q3D, SiWave, or HyperLynx.

Nice to have

• Practical experience designing and building power electronics hardware.
• Experience with Altium, OrCAD, Allegro, or Xpedition for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience with power magnetics, control-loop modeling, voltage-mode or peak-current-mode control, and laboratory characterization.
• Experience with GaN or SiC power semiconductor devices and soft-switching or resonant converter topologies.
• Programming skills for hardware testing and data processing, including Python or MATLAB.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Internships are compensated competitively.
• Interns work side-by-side with experienced power electronics engineers.
• The position is on-site at a hirify.global facility in the United States.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Hiring process

• Include a brief cover letter describing interest in power or analog electronics hardware design.
• AI tools may support application, resume, and response review; final decisions are made by people.