Analog ASIC Design Intern (Summer 2027)

Location: Onsite at hirify.global's Cambridge, Massachusetts campus; summer interns attending June–August are required to attend unless precluded by duties in the MUSiC foundry.

Salary: $20.00–$45.00 per hour base salary.

Company

hirify.global is an independent nonprofit research and development company delivering engineering solutions for national challenges in defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering.

What you will do

• Design Silicon Carbide integrated circuits from conceptual phases through detailed design, implementation, verification, and test.
• Develop top-level and circuit-level specifications and conceptual circuit designs.
• Review detailed block-level designs and conduct chip-level planning with the implementation team.
• Implement and test engineering solutions, perform analysis, and document results.
• Generate and present test reports with plots, tables, evaluation criteria, and conclusions.
• Provide input to verification and test planning and complete assignments across engineering processes, equipment, facilities, and systems.

Requirements

• Enrollment in an accredited full-time undergraduate or graduate degree program is required.
• Strong knowledge of Silicon Carbide processing, design, packaging, characterization, and test, with a degree program synergistic to these areas.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment, adapt to changing environments, risks, and vulnerabilities, and maintain a strong work ethic.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Excellent mathematical, organizational, time-management, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Applicants selected may be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice to have

• Affiliation with the University of Arkansas MUSiC program.
• Experience with Silicon Carbide design, modeling, process development, characterization, and test.
• Experience designing and simulating circuits with MATLAB, Simulink, or System Verilog, including transistor-level architecture implementation.
• Proficiency with Cadence or equivalent integrated-circuit design tools such as Virtuoso, Genus, Innovus, Tempus, or Voltus.
• Proficiency or interest in learning SystemVerilog, SV-RNM, or Verilog-AMS for mixed-signal modeling and verification.
• Scripting experience with Python or SKILL for automating design, implementation, verification, and test flows.
• Experience with integrated-circuit requirements, design documentation, verification planning, test plans, bench-level testing, or multidisciplinary design teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hours and program duration based on the student's school schedule and availability.
• The internship scope may expand to include sponsorship while attending the University of Arkansas after a successful summer internship at hirify.global's Cambridge campus.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary engineering environment with opportunities to communicate with peers and supervisors.
• Work-life-balance programs, employee clubs, health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.