Electronics Tech- Intern

Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power many critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, security systems, sensors, automated valves, and many other high‑tech devices.

Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway, and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry‑leading innovation and creating long‑term value for our customers and consumers.

Location: Onsite, Atlanta, GA

• Perform board bring‑up of new PCBA designs, including power rail verification, current draw characterization, power sequencing checks, and functional validation against design intent.
• Debug hardware issues at the board and system level using schematics, BOMs, and PCB layout files. Work component‑down to isolate failures and communicate findings clearly to design engineers.
• Characterize PCBAs and host devices in the lab, including power consumption profiling, signal integrity checks, sensor output verification, ADC accuracy measurements, and environmental performance.
• Build, modify, and rework prototypes. Perform precision soldering and rework on SMT and through‑hole components, including fine‑pitch work, using hot air and hot tweezer rework stations and stereo or digital microscopes.
• Execute light, small‑batch assembly of prototype and pre‑pilot hardware to support proof‑of‑concept builds, field trials, and reliability studies.
• Disassemble fielded devices for teardown analysis. Document construction, identify failure modes, and capture findings in structured reports with photographs and measurements.
• Set up and operate test benches, fixtures, and DUT configurations for characterization, regression, and burn‑in testing. Maintain calibration logs and traceable measurement data.
• Collect, organize, and analyze electrical measurement data. Produce clean test reports with traceable methodology, raw data, and conclusions suitable for design review and internal customer use.
• Operate environmental test equipment and battery test equipment to support reliability, lifetime, and device characterization studies.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and ESD‑safe lab environment. Manage consumables, calibration schedules, and lab inventory.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and systems engineers to translate field issues, customer findings, and design questions into bench experiments and reproducible test results.
• Provide regular written and verbal updates to engineering leadership on test progress, issues, anomalies, and proposed next steps.

• Working towards an Associate degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, Electrical Technology, or a closely related discipline. Bachelor’s degree, military electronics training, or equivalent demonstrated hands‑on experience will also be considered.
• Solid working knowledge of analog and digital electronics fundamentals, including DC and AC theory, Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws, basic semiconductor behavior, op‑amps, and digital logic.
• Strong understanding of low‑voltage power architectures: linear regulators, LDOs, switching regulators, power sequencing, decoupling, and load characterization.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, BOMs, PCB layout files, mechanical drawings, and component datasheets.
• Hands‑on debug experience with embedded communication interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART, and USB. Basic familiarity with wireless link behavior (Wi‑Fi, BLE) is a plus.
• Precision soldering and rework skills for SMT components down to 0402 (and ideally smaller) and through‑hole assemblies. Comfortable with hot air rework, hot tweezers, and microscope work.
• Mechanically inclined: comfortable with hand tools, torque drivers, calipers, basic fixture assembly, and light fabrication. Familiarity with 3D printing for fixture and bracket prototyping is a plus.
• Clear written communication skills: able to produce structured test reports, debug logs, and failure analysis write‑ups that are usable by engineers and…