Electrical & Computer Engineering Academic Part Time Intern

About the Role

JPL's Flight Communications and Tracking Section is seeking an Academic Part Time Intern to join their GNSS, Radiometric & Gravity Sensing Instruments Group. This group is responsible for delivering flight instruments, primarily based on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals, for use in space to measure atmospheric properties of Earth and planets.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with lead engineers on projects involving JPL's spacecrafts, science instruments, mission control systems, and science analysis pipelines.
• Support senior engineers responsible for the development of spacecraft antennas for telecommunications and remote-sensing instruments.
• Be involved in all phases of product development from research and technology advancement through build and test.
• Design, build, and test PCB (printed circuit boards).
• Use Test Equipment to troubleshoot, characterize, and validate circuit designs.
• Work on a multi-disciplinary team to create instruments for space flight.
• Assist engineers and scientists in a laboratory environment.
• Support lab activities including setting up tests, lab equipment, and programming embedded systems.
• Develop, test, and program software defined radios.
• Support Shipping and Loan Pool activities related to ground support equipment setup and transportation.
• Use oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and GNSS simulators to facilitate testing.
• Support the software team writing and testing of GNSS Instrument software.
• Participate in lab maintenance, setup, and cleaning activities.
• Write software test scripts and perform and execute test sequences.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Minimum of 8 hours per week, with a maximum of 40 hours per week.
• Familiarity with electronics engineering, radio frequency communications, and digital signal processing.
• Knowledge of lab equipment including signal generators, network analyzers, and digital multimeters.
• Experience with Python and C++.
• Strong background in software systems architecture, design, development, integration, test, deployment, and/or operations (full project and software development life cycle).

Qualifications

• Enrollment at least half-time at an accredited local college or university pursuing a Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or another technical discipline related to the work assignment.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or equivalent.
• Recently completed coursework providing an understanding and application of standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in the related work assignment.
• General knowledge of applicable industry and/or academic practices and standards in the related work assignment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment.