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Electrical Engineering Intern

Electric Era Technologies

Electric Era Technologies

Other Engineering
Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Thursday, October 3, 2024

Electric Era was founded to revolutionize the world's electric vehicle charging infrastructure. We have developed PowerNode, a high performance and autonomous EV fast charging station that can be deployed anywhere on the grid to provide the necessary charging infrastructure needed for the affordable and timely electrification of transportation. Electric Era is building the future of car refill for the next generation of drivers. Come build the future with our dynamic, energetic, and passionate team in our beautiful new office overlooking the Seattle skyline.

Electrical Engineering Intern:

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to join us in this mission, take ownership of a variety of components of the Electric Era hardware platform, and execute from ideation to in-field operation. Your contributions will be critical to the long-term success of the company. Our company was founded by engineers that wanted to innovate better car refill technology, and we love working all the way from first principles to tinkering with our designs and optimizing for performance, cost, and reliability.

The Electrical Engineering Intern will own key architectural and board level projects that contribute to critical system level milestones and subassembly test campaigns. This technical work will also be complemented by detailed cost analysis, design for manufacturing, and regulatory approval. The Electrical Engineering Intern will work closely with Electric Era engineering and business leadership to define the electrical systems for our products and support product installations in the field.

Responsibilities:

  • Analysis and simulation in electrical and thermal domains
  • PCB schematic and board design, manufacturing supervision, and testing
  • Electrical and thermal instrumentation and data collection; test setup design
  • High voltage and low voltage system architecture and design
  • High-speed digital communications and IC bring-up
  • Document and report key design criteria and test results
  • Present work in design reviews
  • Research and understand key regulatory requirements and their impact on design

Qualifications & Preferred Skills:

  • Rising Sophomore or above with 3.3+ GPA in Electrical Engineering or related field of study
  • Previous Design-Build-Test project experience in classroom or extracurricular settings
  • Strong personal project portfolio demonstrating academic and practical capability
  • Hands-on board design and test experience
  • Previous internship, research, or other business experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Embedded programming experience is optional, but strongly encouraged