Intern - Digital Engineer (Summer 2027)

Plexus Corp. partners with companies in aerospace and defense, healthcare and life sciences, and industrial sectors to design, manufacture, and service transformative products. The Digital Engineer Intern will develop, implement, verify, document, and troubleshoot hardware and system concepts while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and receiving mentorship from experienced hardware engineers.

What you'll do:

• Implement and verify the hardware design by using the appropriate EDA tools
• Deliver prototype hardware to customers by implementing physical hardware design components, capturing schematics and supervising PCB layouts
• Develop project documentation in accordance with quality and change management procedures and guidelines to ensure project information is properly organized and archived
• Participate in performance review to ensure employee continuous improvement and growth
• Utilize schematic capture tools and guide printed circuit board layout
• Analyze circuit designs with simulation tools such as SPICE and finite element tools
• Perform hands-on, in-the-lab, troubleshooting and bring up of prototype hardware
• Take detailed measurements of analog hardware using standard electrical measurement tools including oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers to assess circuit performance and inform design improvements
• Work as a team with other analog, digital, software, and mechanical engineers to review and improve hardware designs
• Receive expert mentorship, guidance, and coaching from experienced hardware engineers

What they're looking for:

• Student working toward a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering for the entire duration of internship
• Sophomore or Junior level status
• GPA: 3.0 or higher is preferred
• Relevant course work in FPGA design and test benching (VHDL / Verilog / System Verilog) or Circuit Design and Layout

Benefits:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings
• Opportunities for professional development
• Various perks to enhance the team member experience
• Expert mentorship, guidance, and coaching from experienced hardware engineers