Summer 2027 - Electrical Engineering Internship, FPGA

Location: Melbourne, FL, US; onsite

Company

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

What you will do

• Apply digital design and verification principles to FPGAs for satellite communication systems.
• Develop and test RTL for high-speed serial interfaces, data streams, digital processing cores, multiple clock domains, and management interfaces.
• Develop testbenches and verification environments, create test scenarios, generate constrained-random stimulus, check expected behavior, debug failures, and measure verification coverage.
• Work with engineers across multiple FPGA development phases and present results to peers, mentors, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Current enrollment in a BS, MS, or PhD program in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering at an accredited university.
• Understanding of fundamental digital design concepts, including combinational and sequential logic, finite state machines, timing, and synchronous digital systems.
• Digital design or hardware-description experience from coursework, research, personal projects, competition teams, internships, or other technical activities.
• Ability to approach technical problems methodically, learn new concepts, and debug complex systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee, or eligible to obtain the required US Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• FPGA development or verification experience through coursework, research, internships, personal projects, or extracurricular activities.
• Experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, or UVM.
• Experience with FPGA or HDL tools such as AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Questa/ModelSim, or similar tools.
• Experience in digital signal processing, embedded systems, or board-level digital hardware.
• Coursework or experience in communication systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Summer 2027 internship/co-op with hands-on, interactive, autonomous, and cross-functional work.
• Internships are compensated competitively and located onsite at a hirify.global facility.
• Assignments are determined by project availability, candidate interests, experience, and project needs.
• Equal Opportunity employment practices apply.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter describing interest in digital design, FPGA development or verification, and space or communication systems.
• Include US citizenship or permanent resident status in the application.