2027 Internship - Electrical Engineering

Tell me about a time a design or experiment didn't behave the way you expected. What did you do next?

resilience and troubleshooting instincts when results don't match theory

Describe a group project where you had to divide up hardware work. How did you make sure your piece fit with everyone else's?

capacity to collaborate on integrated hardware systems, not just work solo

Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical result to someone who wasn't as deep into the details as you were.

ability to document and present data clearly, as the posting requires

Tell me about a time you had to keep working on something even though nobody was checking in on you daily.

ability to work independently, which the posting explicitly calls out

What draws you to hardware development specifically, versus software or another engineering track?

genuine interest and fit for a hands-on hardware internship rather than a generic EE application

Walk me through your coursework or project experience with analog and digital circuit design. What's the most complex circuit you've built or analyzed?

whether the foundational EE knowledge is real and hands-on, not just textbook

Have you worked with RF circuits before? Tell me about a project where signal frequency or wireless behavior mattered.

exposure to RF concepts specific to radio hardware development

Which lab instruments have you used, like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, or network analyzers, and what were you measuring with them?

real hands-on familiarity with the specific equipment listed in the posting

What's the difference between measuring a signal with an oscilloscope versus a spectrum analyzer, and when would you pick one over the other?

conceptual understanding of measurement tools, not just that the person has touched them

Why does secure communication matter in radios, and do you have any sense of what makes a radio design 'secure' from a hardware standpoint?

whether the candidate understands the domain context, not just generic EE skills

Say you're given a board that's producing unexpected noise on an oscilloscope. How would you go about figuring out where it's coming from?

a logical debugging process rather than guesswork

If you had a schematic and a physical board in front of you and the circuit wasn't working, how would you decide whether the problem is in the design or in the assembly?

ability to isolate root cause between design flaws and manufacturing defects

If you were validating the performance of a new hardware design against a spec sheet, what would your test plan look like?

structured thinking about verification and validation of hardware