2027 Summer Intern – Research and Development - Power Electronics & Energy Conversion Systems

Location: Hybrid; report to Pontiac, Michigan or Warren, Michigan at least three times per week. The role requires a U.S. Person and is subject to export control restrictions.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive technologies focused on zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Support research and development projects in power electronics, energy conversion, electric drives, charging, and vehicle electrification.
• Evaluate circuits, converters, inverters, power modules, gate drives, semiconductors, control methods, and system architectures.
• Develop and use engineering models and simulations to analyze switching behavior, losses, thermal performance, control response, electromagnetic effects, and system tradeoffs.
• Assist with prototype hardware, including schematics, PCBs, gate-drive circuits, power stages, sensors, and measurement interfaces.
• Support laboratory checkout, instrumentation, data acquisition, testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and design improvements.
• Document designs and experiments, maintain laboratory records, collaborate with researchers and engineering partners, and present findings.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, power electronics, power systems, energy conversion, control systems, mechatronics, electromagnetics, or a related science or engineering field.
• Available to work full-time, 40 hours per week, for the duration of the summer internship.
• Willing to work in a laboratory and engineering test environment and follow applicable safety requirements.
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee, or refugee.
• Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future, including H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, or J-1 support.

Nice to have

• Coursework, research, or project experience in power electronics, semiconductor devices, electric machines, motor drives, converters, inverters, power systems, circuit design, control systems, electromagnetics, or thermal management.
• Experience with multilevel inverters, resonant or high-frequency conversion, gate-drive design, PCB layout, power-module design, or switching-device characterization.
• Familiarity with SiC, GaN, MOSFET, IGBT, hybrid-switch, or other power-semiconductor technologies.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, ANSYS, COMSOL, Python, C/C++, embedded controllers, FPGA or microcontroller platforms, data acquisition, or automated test systems.
• Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, power analyzers, probes, thermal cameras, electronic loads, dynamometers, and impedance analyzers.
• Understanding of switching and conduction losses, parasitics, dead time, modulation, control-loop design, thermal limits, EMI/EMC, magnetic components, and power-device protection.
• Experience designing experiments, analyzing measurements, correlating simulation with test results, or performing uncertainty and error analysis.
• Ability to read technical papers, patents, schematics, datasheets, and engineering specifications, with strong analytical, troubleshooting, written, verbal, laboratory-recordkeeping, and collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment connecting laboratory research, analytical modeling, simulation, prototype hardware, and experimental validation.
• Work with researchers and cross-functional partners on future electric, hybrid, and propulsion applications.
• Focus on efficiency, power density, performance, reliability, cost, thermal behavior, and system integration.
• Summer internship start dates are May 24 or June 14, 2027.
• Benefits and total rewards are available to employees from the first day.