Research Engineering Interns

About the role

The Command, Control, and Communications Innovations Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking engineering undergraduate interns to work part-time with senior technical staff to research, design, develop, integrate, and test advanced wireless RF communications systems. ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

Responsibilities

• Algorithm development and/or software design
• Develop C/C++ or equivalent code to interface with developed hardware and associated interfaces (SPI, I2C, etc)
• Integration of Software Defined Radio (SDR) hardware/software components as appropriate
• Evaluate/develop communication security protocols

Requirements

Interns pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Math are preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Software development and design
• Signal Processing
• Digital logic and hardware development
• Computer Networking
• Communications protocols
• OSI stack UDP/TCP/IP
• Familiarity with wireless specifications such as cellular(4G/5G)/Wi-Fi (802.11)
• FPGA development
• Microcontroller and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) development
• MATLAB/LabVIEW modeling and simulation
• RF principles
• Embedded software/hardware
• Wireless/cyber security
• Assembly language programming
• Malware Analysis
• Hardware debugging

Schedule

Selected candidate may work up to 20 hours/week during the academic year and up to 40 hours/week during non-academic times.