Hardware Engineering Intern

About Crane

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Every 1.2 seconds, a product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination.

Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You’ll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.

Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics.

The Hardware Engineering Intern will assist Hardware Design and Reliability Engineers to collect relevant data to perform design, reliability and safety analysis. As an intern at Crane Aerospace & Electronics, you will develop knowledge about the business through exposure to a functional area (such as manufacturing, engineering, and lean principles). You will focus on developing the skills necessary for success by assisting employees with day‑to‑day job assignments.

You may be assigned to additional training or project work. The Company’s internship program is intended to provide students from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to practice business skills learned in school while gaining work experience.

• Assist Reliability Engineers to perform reliability calculation prediction.
• Assist Reliability Engineers to collect relevant data to perform reliability analysis.
• Assist Hardware Design Engineers to support design and verification activities.
• Take on special technical assignments as required.
• Work in collaboration with cross‑functional peers to complete assignments.
• Perform Design Verification Testing per released procedure.
• Push Drawings/Documents through Team One Unified release cycle.

• Must be actively pursuing with three (3) years of completed studies towards a BS or MS degree Electrical Engineering. Must provide GPA, minimum accepted 3.1 on a 4.0 scale.
• A strong aptitude for analytical, problem solving, planning and organizational skills.
• Must have knowledge in electronic circuits, typical of: microcontroller/microprocessor, analog and digital discrete circuitry, programmable logic device, power supply circuitry, statistical and probabilistic techniques. Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to organize and prepare technical presentations; project‑oriented and able to multi‑task; effective interpersonal skills in a team environment.
• Knowledge/proficiency in:
• Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• LTspice to perform transient and frequency analysis, verifying circuit behavior before moving to physical prototyping.
• Ability to fulfill a one quarter or semester internship commitment, 40 hours per week.

This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Salary range: $25.00 to 30.00. Several factors contribute to actual salary, including experience in a similar role or performing comparable job responsibilities, skills, training, and other qualifications.

• Safe and drug‑free workplace; required background check.
• FAA sensitive positions require employees to participate in random drug test pool.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.