Engineering Intern; Summer

SRC Inc. is seeking Engineering Interns for summer 2027 who will be working onsite, 40 hours a week. As an engineering intern, you will contribute to the design, development, implementation and testing of state-of-the-art radar and electronic warfare products. Based on your interests, you will be selected to work in one specialization from Systems Engineering, Embedded Design, Digital Hardware Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, RF Engineering, Machine Intelligence, Integration & Test Engineering, or Software Engineering.

You will work closely with senior engineers and gain experience in creating innovative solutions tailored to our products and customer needs. You will bring your unique perspective to our multi-department teams of engineers and collaborate on designs aligned with project goals and requirements.

• Assist in system-level design and architecture for complex engineering projects
• Support system development, integration, validation, and troubleshooting in laboratory and operational environments
• Develop and document technical specifications and system requirements
• Model, simulate, and analyze system functionality and performance using MATLAB, Python, and/or other tools

• Design, develop, implement, test and optimize firmware using VHDL/Verilog
• Work with FPGAs and System-on-Chips (SoCs) to develop electronic warfare and radar systems
• Learn and apply FPGA design principles including RTL design, verification, logic synthesis, prototyping, and timing analysis
• Use Python, TCL and other scripting languages to automate continuous development, continuous integration (CI/CD) workflows

• Contribute to the design, simulation, and testing of digital hardware systems
• Design circuit schematics in PADS Designer or Altium and write test firmware for boards with programmable logic using VHDL/Verilog.
• Create test plans for, validate, and troubleshoot digital hardware prototypes using oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyzers, and other lab equipment

• Aid in the creation of complex mechanical drawings, parts, and assemblies
• Analyze mechanical designs to ensure they meet system-level design requirements
• Collaborate closely with engineers and technicians from multiple disciplines to develop and test mechanical designs for both our prototyping and manufacturing businesses

• Support the RF design, development, assembly, test, and integration of advanced radar and communication systems
• Perform requirements analysis, RF architecture trades, specification development, simulation and modeling, schematic capture, PCB layout (using PADS Designer / Altium), hardware assembly, and integration and testing
• Design and characterize RF transmitters, receivers, exciters, antennas, and feed networks in the lab and in an anechoic chamber

• Design and develop high-quality software solutions using an Agile workflow
• Write clean, efficient code and participate in code reviews to ensure delivery of quality products
• Communicate proposed software solutions with multi-department engineering teams.
• Develop sound software engineering principles using tools such as Git, Bamboo, Sonarqube
• Adapt to new technologies and languages including Docker, Kubernetes, Rust as program needs allow

• Develop machine learning algorithms and models to enhance product capabilities
• Analyze data to identify patterns and optimize decision-making processes
• Work with software and hardware teams to integrate AI/ML solutions into products

• Participate in design requirements reviews to ensure the requirements can be tested
• Coordinate integration of subsystems and components into full systems.
• Develop, execute and troubleshoot test plans and procedures to validate system functionality.
• Increase testing efficiency by utilizing Python-based automated test suite.
• Utilize model-based tools to define test strategies and verifications against system designs

• Completion of two years of college and current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field (e.g., Electrical, Computer,…