Internship - Applications Engineering Intern

Allient Milwaukee |TCI Applications Engineering - Electrical Engineering Internship Position Description

Please note:

this position requires on site part time work in Germantown, WI during the school semester and offers full time in the summer. This is NOT a winter break or summer only internship.

Allient Milwaukee builds TCI branded product and is a dynamic, growing Milwaukee area manufacturer of industry leading products for AC and DC drives.

This position is for an engineering intern to aid in the application, testing, repair and support of TCI's flagship active and passive harmonic filter product lines into industrial power systems. As an engineering intern you will work hands-on in simulation, analysis, testing, troubleshooting, building and documentation of our magnetic and power electronic filtering products. This opportunity will allow you to gain valuable professional experience within an industry leading company.

• Strong skills in electrical circuits, magnetics, power systems and analog/digital electronics
• Exposure to poly-phase power systems, transformers and motors
• Exposure to power electronic circuits including rectifiers, inverters and variable speed motor drives
• Strong troubleshooting skills and familiarity with 480V power laboratory safety and test methodologies.
• The ability and willingness to take independent action and complete job task. Additionally, the willingness to seek out additional assignments. The desire to take full ownership of all assigned tasks and complete them in an efficient, timely manner.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Knowledge of magnetic design principles including calculation of inductance, flux density, losses, material properties, lamination thickness and characterization of saturation.
• Knowledge of analysis tools such as MathCAD, Excel and MATLAB.
• Knowledge of simulation tools such as PSIM, Simplorer, Saber, Sim Power Systems  and PSpice.
• Knowledge of feedback control system theory.
• Ability to operate typical lab diagnostic equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multi meters, harmonic analyzers, surface mount soldering rework tools and bench power supplies.
• Knowledge of power electronic circuit design including gate drive circuits, MOSFET and IGBT selection and characterization, thermal loss calculations, and bus plane design.

• Job responsibilities will be partially driven by qualifications and area of interest expressed by student, but typical tasks will include - analysis and troubleshooting field applications for active and/or passive filters, assessment of field power systems and sizing of filters to meet application needs, hardware development including schematic entry and PCB layout review, and high power laboratory experiments, for example, to prototype/test new product platforms including passive filters, reactors and active filters.
• Exposure to roles and responsibilities in design engineering, product engineering and manufacturing depending on qualifications of candidate.
• The job will require the ability to work safely in a high voltage power lab under the guidance of qualified lab personnel. The engineering intern will be expected to learn how to safely operate power lab equipment, including motor dynes, to test software and hardware changes. Additionally, the job may require construction of prototype circuits and test fixtures as needed by the engineering team.
• Students will be exposed to all or some of the following tools and technologies: PSIM, MathCAD, MATLAB, Altium, project documentation WIKIs, Digital Signal Processors, Microcontrollers, analog circuits, power converter hardware, and industrial induction motor drives.

• Current enrollment at an accredited college or university engineering program (UW-Milwaukee, UW-Madison, MSOE or equivalent).
• Prefer a Junior or Senior pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with a focus on power and energy conversion and a minimum GPA of 3.0.