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Power electronics engineer internships give university students, recent graduates, and early-career candidates hands-on project experience designing and testing converter circuits, mentorship from working engineers, and, at many employers, a path toward a full-time offer. Openings are concentrated in {{top_industries_phrase}}, with Tesla, Eaton, and Rivian among the employers posting roles now.
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As a Power Electronics Intern, you will join a high-performing R&D team developing advanced power conversion technologies that enable the world's largest AI and cloud computing infrastructures. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge power electronics products, gain hands-on laboratory experience, and collaborate with experienced engineers across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and system engineering disciplines.
Duration: May/June 2027 - August 2027
What will you do?
- Support the design and development of next-generation high-density DC-DC power converters and power shelves for AI data center applications.
- Contribute to the development of advanced 800V power distribution and conversion architectures enabling efficient delivery of megawatt-scale AI workloads.
- Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis using tools such as PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice.
- Assist in the design and evaluation of magnetic components, analog circuits, gate drive circuits, and digital control systems.
- Conduct laboratory testing, characterization, and validation of power converters, power semiconductor devices, and system-level hardware.
- Analyze converter performance including efficiency, power density, thermal behavior, and transient response.
- Support debugging, root-cause analysis, and optimization of hardware prototypes.
- Collaborate with electrical, firmware, mechanical, reliability, and manufacturing engineers throughout the product development cycle.
Required qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Completed coursework in power electronics, circuit analysis, control systems, electromagnetics, or related subjects.
- Strong understanding power conversion principles for AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC converter topologies.
- Experience with power electronics simulation tools such as PLECS, MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice.
- Located and able to work in Andover, MA
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with high-power or high-voltage power converter design.
- Familiarity with isolated DC-DC converter topologies such as LLC, Dual Active Bridge, multi-level and multi-phase converters.
- Understanding of wide-bandgap semiconductor technologies including SiC and GaN devices.
- Experience with embedded systems, DSPs, microcontrollers and digital control.
- Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Cadence.
- Experience with magnetic component design and thermal analysis.
- Exposure to 800V DC power systems or data center power infrastructure.
- Prior internship, laboratory, research, or project experience involving power electronics hardware development.
- All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The company does not provide sponsorship now or in the future.
Notice About the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial intelligence may be used to analyze your interview responses or assessment activities to evaluate job-related qualifications, competencies, or characteristics for this position. Before beginning, please review the HireVue AI Explainability Statement and Artificial Intelligence in the SE Hiring Process notice. By selecting "I allow" in HireVue, you acknowledge that you have reviewed this information and consent to the use of artificial intelligence-assisted assessment as described. Where applicable, this notice is provided at least 10 business days before the assessment due date. You may request additional information, a reasonable accommodation, or an alternative assessment process through your recruiter.
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€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
As a Power Electronics Intern, you will join a high-performing R&D team developing advanced power conversion technologies that enable the world's largest AI and cloud computing infrastructures. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge power electronics products, gain hands-on laboratory experience, and collaborate with experienced engineers across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and system engineering disciplines.
Duration: May/June 2027 - August 2027
What will you do?
- Support the design and development of next-generation high-density DC-DC power converters and power shelves for AI data center applications.
- Contribute to the development of advanced 800V power distribution and conversion architectures enabling efficient delivery of megawatt-scale AI workloads.
- Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis using tools such as PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice.
- Assist in the design and evaluation of magnetic components, analog circuits, gate drive circuits, and digital control systems.
- Conduct laboratory testing, characterization, and validation of power converters, power semiconductor devices, and system-level hardware.
- Analyze converter performance including efficiency, power density, thermal behavior, and transient response.
- Support debugging, root-cause analysis, and optimization of hardware prototypes.
- Collaborate with electrical, firmware, mechanical, reliability, and manufacturing engineers throughout the product development cycle.
Required qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Completed coursework in power electronics, circuit analysis, control systems, electromagnetics, or related subjects.
- Strong understanding power conversion principles for AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC converter topologies.
- Experience with power electronics simulation tools such as PLECS, MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice.
- Located and able to work in Andover, MA
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with high-power or high-voltage power converter design.
- Familiarity with isolated DC-DC converter topologies such as LLC, Dual Active Bridge, multi-level and multi-phase converters.
- Understanding of wide-bandgap semiconductor technologies including SiC and GaN devices.
- Experience with embedded systems, DSPs, microcontrollers and digital control.
- Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Cadence.
- Experience with magnetic component design and thermal analysis.
- Exposure to 800V DC power systems or data center power infrastructure.
- Prior internship, laboratory, research, or project experience involving power electronics hardware development.
- All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The company does not provide sponsorship now or in the future.
Notice About the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial intelligence may be used to analyze your interview responses or assessment activities to evaluate job-related qualifications, competencies, or characteristics for this position. Before beginning, please review the HireVue AI Explainability Statement and Artificial Intelligence in the SE Hiring Process notice. By selecting "I allow" in HireVue, you acknowledge that you have reviewed this information and consent to the use of artificial intelligence-assisted assessment as described. Where applicable, this notice is provided at least 10 business days before the assessment due date. You may request additional information, a reasonable accommodation, or an alternative assessment process through your recruiter.
At Schneider Electric, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD $23.00-$35.50 per hour. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
If you believe this job posting is not compliant with applicable state pay transparency laws in the U.S., please notify the Company as soon as possible upon discovery by completing this form Job Posting Compliance Form.
(External) English Company Boiler Plate:
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
Power Electronics Engineer Internship Market
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Tips for Your Power Electronics Engineer Internship Search
Apply in the fall for summer roles
Large employers in semiconductor, automotive, and defense sectors open summer internship applications as early as August or September. If you wait until spring, the structured cohort programs are largely filled. Set a calendar reminder and start searching the fall before the summer you want to work.
Build a portfolio before you apply
Hiring teams for power electronics engineer internships want something concrete to evaluate. Document two or three personal or coursework projects with schematics, simulation outputs, PCB layouts, or test results, and host them somewhere reviewers can access them. A linked GitHub repository or design portfolio gives your application a tangible edge over a resume alone.
Work your campus network alongside direct applications
Campus career fairs surface structured programs tied to your university, and professors or career center staff often know which employers recruit from your school before roles post publicly. At the same time, apply directly to companies running smaller cohorts, since many power electronics engineer intern openings never appear at campus events at all.
Practice your technical screen out loud
Power electronics engineer intern interviews typically include a technical screen covering circuit analysis, converter topologies, control loop fundamentals, or component selection. Practice solving problems out loud and explaining your reasoning step by step, because interviewers weigh how you think through a problem as much as whether you reach the right answer.
Target structured university and rotational programs
Larger companies in power electronics, including those in electric vehicle, industrial automation, and renewable energy sectors, run structured internship cohorts built to train people new to professional engineering work. These programs recruit early and fill fast, so identify the ones that match your background and submit in the first application wave.
Set your work-type filter before you start
On-site roles are 43% of the power electronics engineer internships listed here. Lab work, hardware testing, and prototype builds often require physical presence, so decide what you can commit to before you start applying. Filter by location and work type on Migrate Mate first so you spend your time on roles you can actually take.
Power Electronics Engineer Internships: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a power electronics engineer internship?
Lead with coursework and personal projects rather than work history, since hiring teams expect limited professional experience at the intern level. Build a portfolio of complete, documented designs, simulations, or PCB layouts that recruiters can actually review. Combine direct applications with campus career fairs, where engineers and recruiters often move faster for students they meet in person.
Can a power electronics engineer internship turn into a full-time job?
Many employers extend return offers to strong interns, but conversion is never guaranteed. What actually drives it is consistent performance on real project work, available headcount on the team at the time an offer would be made, and return-offer timing that aligns with graduation. Treat the internship as a long audition and ask your manager early about how return decisions are made.
When should I apply for power electronics engineer internships?
Earlier than most students expect. Large employers, particularly in aerospace, automotive, and semiconductor manufacturing, recruit summer interns the preceding fall, with application windows that often close by November or December. Smaller companies and co-op programs post closer to start dates, so openings do appear year-round, but waiting until spring means competing for a significantly smaller pool.
Are power electronics engineer internships paid?
Most professional power electronics engineer internships in the United States are paid. Compensation varies by company size, industry, and location, and listings show pay where the employer chooses to disclose it. Unpaid arrangements are uncommon in engineering and typically limited to academic research positions tied to university credit requirements.
What should a power electronics engineer internship resume include?
Lead with two or three complete, documented projects, each listing the tools used, the problem you solved, and where reviewers can see the work, such as a linked GitHub repository with simulation files, schematic captures, or PCB layouts. Add relevant coursework in power electronics, control systems, or analog circuit design. Keep the resume to one page.
Are there remote power electronics engineer internships?
Yes. Remote and hybrid roles make up 57% of the power electronics engineer internship listings here, with the rest on-site. Remote cohorts fill fast because they draw applicants from across the country, so apply early and filter by work type to see them before they close.
Can international students get power electronics engineer internships?
Yes. F-1 students can intern through CPT while enrolled or through OPT work authorization after finishing a degree, and the employer does not have to file anything for either, so many companies are open to international interns. Confirm your eligibility and timing with your university's international student office before accepting an offer.
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