2027 Internship, Engineering Intern
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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About the Role
We seek a talented intern who can help us build groundbreaking end-to-end communication systems to address challenging national security problems. Opportunities span technical focuses including electronics circuit design, embedded software development, FPGA design, web development, application software engineering, antenna design, signal processing, data analytics, and more. We offer a collaborative work environment with opportunities across a variety of technical domains for exploration.
Key Responsibilities
As an Engineering Intern in the Advanced RF Capabilities Group, you may:
- Assist in the development of portable communication devices and miniature wireless systems through printed circuit board-level circuit design, integration, and test.
- Work with a small team of software developers to design, implement, and test software solutions for embedded systems or graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
- Support evaluation, testing, and debugging through lab and field testing.
- Contribute to design reviews, system integration, technical reports and informal memoranda, and presentation of work to sponsors and the technical community.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or software engineering.
- Experience with scripting languages such as MATLAB and Python or programming languages such as C/C++ and Java.
- Passionate about and capable of learning new technologies and test methods.
- Work effectively in small, multi-disciplinary teams.
- Able to obtain a Final Secret level security clearance by your start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Qualifications (Above Minimum Requirements)
- Knowledge in the fields of RF communications and digital signal processing (DSP).
- Familiarity with laboratory test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and vector network analyzers.
- Experience with Javascript and web application frameworks such as AngularJS, JQuery, or Vue.js.