Graduate Engineering Intern - Electronics

JobID: 394029

Category: Administration & Administrative Operations

JobSchedule: Full time

Posted Date: 2026-10-27T13:00:00+00:00

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Hours / Pay Period: 80

This graduate internship is a full-time position Summer-Fall 2027 (May or June through December) on site in Rochester, Minnesota.

The primary purpose of the Graduate Engineer Internship is to provide a graduate student with relevant engineering experiences. One or more mentors will be assigned to the intern to provide instruction, guidance and to assess performance. The intern is responsible for learning the procedures and processes of the Division of Engineering and the assigned work unit. In addition, the intern will be given selected engineering work assignments to reinforce the learning experience and to provide benefit to the work unit. The engineering assignments may include designing components, developing a project strategy, gathering user needs, requirements and specifications, evaluating commercial components, assembling prototype systems, performing design verification and design validation, troubleshooting, and participating in design reviews.

This internship will support electrical engineering development for physiological sensing, monitoring and therapeutic technologies, with opportunities to contribute to low-power, battery-powered, and wirelessly connected medical device prototypes. The intern will work on selected components or subsystems within a broader modular platform, under the guidance of experienced engineers. Assignments will be matched to the intern's preparation, learning objectives, and project needs. Assignments may include may include:

• Assist with analog and digital circuit design, simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout, and component evaluation.
• Assemble, bring up, debug, and test electronic prototypes; document measurements and participate in design reviews.
• Support sensor interfaces, signal acquisition, power-management circuits, or wireless-module integration.
• Support integration of electronics hardware, firmware (including HDL for FPGAs) and software.
• Help characterize signal quality, power consumption, battery-powered operating modes, or wireless performance, as appropriate to the assignment.