Redmond, United States Role overview
About this role
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
As an Electrical Engineer PhD intern, you will design, develop, modify and evaluate components used in electronic devices that involve the manipulation, transmission, and storage of electricity. This opportunity will allow you to define design approaches, implementation schedules, technical specifications and parameters for devices. You will partake in selecting materials and components based on analysis of specifications and reliability. You will help develop test plans and direct support personnel, or other engineers, in the preparation and execution of design testing or prototype fabrication. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
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Responsibilities
- Contributes to and improve the hardware solutions we develop.
- Uses performance instrumentation and presents results to team and architects.
- Thinks strategically, creatively, and in innovative ways to communicate and visualize user experiences.
- Implements or recommends technical solutions to common quality and design challenges, with guidance from others (including logic design, verification, circuit design, physical design, and design for test).
- Uses standard practices to write complete design verification test cases, test benches, or automation.
Qualifications
Required qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
The base pay range for this internship is USD $5,690.00 - $11,210.00 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $7,410.00 - $12,250.00 per month.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay
Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar
(September - April)
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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