# Electrical Engineering Spring Co-op (January 2027) (R4475)

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX, San Diego, CA, Boston, MA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $83k – $116k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Altium, Kicad, Oscilloscope, Circuit Design, Power Electronics, Avionics, Pcb Design, Halt, Analog Circuits, Digital Circuits
**Posted:** 2026-04-15

> Spring co-op for rising 2027 Electrical Engineering graduates working on autonomous aircraft hardware projects like circuit board design, power electronics, and avionics validation. Requires 2+ years of degree progress, technical fundamentals, and tool experience.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Given ownership of a tailored project contributing to autonomous aircraft development.
- Partnered with a senior engineer for mentorship.
- **Examples of projects:**
  - Design circuit boards involving analog, digital, mixed signal, high speed circuits for prototype flight computer testing.
  - Design, simulate, and verify high voltage power electronics (>10kW) DC/DC Converters and DC/AC inverters.
  - Bring-up and validate new Avionics systems.
  - Identify bugs and drive fixes.
  - Build test racks for automated test coverage of flight critical sub-systems.
  - Run HALT campaigns for circuit board reliability.

## Required qualifications
- Completed at least 2nd year of relevant degree (typically Electrical Engineering).
- Strong technical fundamentals.
- Part of an engineering team/club.
- Experience with electrical design software and tools such as **Altium**, **KiCAD**, oscilloscope, etc.
- Demonstrated ownership of project outcomes and exceptional results.
- Record of hard work, trustworthiness, high standards, and kindness.

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